Definitions
How to pronounce building:
Building - as a noun
A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
Example: "There was a three-story building on the corner"
- abattoir
- butchery
- shambles
- slaughterhouse
- apartment building
- apartment house
- architecture
- aviary
- bird sanctuary
- volary
- bathhouse
- bathing machine
- bowling alley
- center
- centre
- chapterhouse
- club
- clubhouse
- dorm
- dormitory
- hall
- residence hall
- student residence
- farm building
- feedlot
- firetrap
- gambling den
- gambling hell
- gambling house
- gaming house
- gazebo
- summerhouse
- government building
- glasshouse
- greenhouse
- hall
- hall
- hall of fame
- hotel
- casino-hotel
- hotel-casino
- house
- house
- library
- health facility
- healthcare facility
- medical building
- ministry
- dead room
- morgue
- mortuary
- observatory
- office block
- office building
- opium den
- outbuilding
- packinghouse
- house of god
- house of prayer
- house of worship
- place of worship
- planetarium
- presbytery
- eatery
- eating house
- eating place
- restaurant
- rest house
- rink
- skating rink
- roman building
- rotunda
- ruin
- school
- schoolhouse
- shooting gallery
- signal box
- signal tower
- skyscraper
- student union
- tap house
- tavern
- telco building
- telecom hotel
- temple
- house
- theater
- theatre
- bagnio
- bawdyhouse
- bordello
- brothel
- cathouse
- house of ill repute
- sporting house
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The act of constructing something
Example: "During the construction we had to take a detour"
The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
Example: "Their main business is home construction"
Building - as a verb
To form (something) by combining materials or parts.
To develop or give form to (something) according to a plan or process.
To increase or strengthen (something) by adding gradually to.
To establish a basis for (something).
To form by combining materials or parts.
To develop in magnitude or extent.
To construct (software) by compiling its source code.
(of source code) to be converted into software by compilation, usually with minimal human intervention.
Example: "This code won't build any more. have you made any changes?"
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
BUILDING has a SCRABBLE points total of 12.
BUILDING has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 17.
BUILDING has a WORDFEUD points total of 15.