Thesaurus results for EDIFICES

edifices

noun

plural of edifice

as in towers

a large, magnificent, or massive building the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices

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as in buildings

something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch

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as in structures

the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language

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Recent Examples of edifices Glass and steel edifices sprang up in cities around the country, and brought with them the heyday of downtowns. —

Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 Those living in Upper Manhattan and Harlem must contend with buildings and structures rising up from The Bronx; those on the Upper East Side and Midtown will be looking toward Queens, while those in the East Village, down to Houston Street, are facing Brooklyn edifices. —

Joe Rao, Space.com, 18 May 2026 Every corner of the island bears witness to physical remnants of the seven nations whose flags once crowned its edifices, giving visitors the impression of exploring a living history book still intact. —

Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Jan. 2026 Time captive within the grand edifices of the past, parading on the stage of memory. —

Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025 Non-Orientable Nkansa, 2017, one of his earliest large-scale installations, announced his dedication to monumental assemblages that fixate on negligence and crumbling edifices. —

Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 The three connected edifices form a delightful maze of spaces, with stairways and corridors linking the buildings, and six different elevators serving the six floors. —

Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025

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With its brilliant white surface reflecting the searing Spanish sun, the cross that crowns the Tower of Jesus Christ (the other 17 towers are dedicated to the 12 apostles, four Evangelists and the Virgin Mary) is as tall as a five-story building and weighs around 100 tons.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
Deciding on a solution to the long-running turtle tizzy at I-95’s Exit 42, where 100-foot-tall light towers burn so brightly experts say the glow disrupts sea turtle nesting on beaches 12 miles away, has state and local government officials at loggerheads.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 8 June 2026