building (redirected from Ædifice)

build·ing  (bldng)

n.

1. Something that is built, as for human habitation; a structure.

2. The act, process, art, or occupation of constructing.

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building [ˈbɪldɪŋ]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) something built with a roof and walls, such as a house or factory

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) the act, business, occupation, or art of building houses, boats, etc.

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Building a flock of rooks, 1470 [from their nesting habits].

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	building - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" edifice abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse, shambles - a building where animals are butchered annex, annexe, wing, extension - an addition that extends a main building antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall - a large entrance or reception room or area apartment building, apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments architecture - an architectural product or work aviary, bird sanctuary, volary - a building where birds are kept bathhouse, bathing machine - a building containing dressing rooms for bathers bowling alley - a building that contains several alleys for bowling center, centre - a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research" chapterhouse - a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter clubhouse, club - a building that is occupied by a social club; "the clubhouse needed a new roof" quoin, corner - (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone nook, corner - an interior angle formed by two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room" cornerstone - a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls cornerstone - a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies courtyard, court - an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court" cullis - a gutter in a roof dorm, dormitory, residence hall, student residence, hall - a college or university building containing living quarters for students elevator, lift - lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building exterior door, outside door - a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building farm building - a building on a farm feedlot - a building where livestock are fattened for market firetrap - a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" foundation stone - a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house - a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) gazebo, summerhouse - a small roofed building affording shade and rest government building - a building that houses a branch of government glasshouse, greenhouse, nursery - a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions hall - a large building for meetings or entertainment hall - a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning" Hall of Fame - a building containing trophies honoring famous people heating plant, heating system, heating, heat - utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating" hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services casino-hotel, hotel-casino - a building that houses both a hotel and a casino house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" house - a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house" interior door - a door that closes off rooms within a building
	2.	building - the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" construction creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it crenelation, crenellation - the action of constructing ramparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows erecting, erection - the act of building or putting up house-raising - construction by a group of neighbors assembly, fabrication - the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) dry walling - the activity of building stone walls without mortar leveling, grading - changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface road construction - the construction of roads ship building, shipbuilding - the construction of ships rustication - the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner reface - provide with a new facing; "The building was refaced with beautiful stones" wattle - build of or with wattle frame up, frame - construct by fitting or uniting parts together rebuild, reconstruct - build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb" groin - build with groins; "The ceiling was groined" erect, put up, set up, rear, raise - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn" preassemble, prefabricate - to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings
	3.	building - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" construction masonry - the craft of a mason house painting, painting - the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew" plumbery, plumbing - the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building) roofing - the craft of a roofer sheet-metal work - the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems) shingling - the laying on of shingles; "shingling is a craft very different from carpentry" business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" jerry-building - construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit
	4.	building - the occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise" assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place

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building

noun structure, house, construction, dwelling, erection, edifice, domicile, pile They were on the upper floor of the building.

Buildings and monuments

Admiralty House, Althorp House, Alhambra, Angel of the North, Arc de Triomphe, Barbican, Beehive, Big Ben, Blenheim Palace, Buckingham Palace, Cenotaph, Charminar, Cleopatra's Needle, Crystal Palace, Edinburgh Castle, Eiffel Tower, Elysées Palace, Empire State Building, Forbidden City, Hampton Court Palace, Hermitage, Holyroodhouse, Houses of Parliament, Kaaba, Kensington Palace, Knossos, Kremlin, Lambeth Palace, Lateran, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Longleat House, Louvre, Masada, Mansion House, Monument, Nelson's Column, Pentagon, Saint James's Palace, Scone Palace, Taj Mahal, Tower of London, Vatican, Palace of Versailles, Westminster Abbey, White House

Translations

building [ˈbɪldɪŋ]

A. N

1. (= house, office etc) → edificio m; (at exhibition) → pabellón m

2. (= activity) → construcción f

B. CPD building block N (= toy) → bloque m de construcción (fig) → elemento m esencial, componente m básico
building contractor N → contratista mf de construcciones
the building industry N → la industria de la construcción
building land N → tierra f para construcción, terrenos mpl edificables
building lot N → solar m (para construcción)
building materials NPL → material msing de construcción
building permit N → permiso m de obras
building plot N = building lot building site N → obra f
building society N (Brit) → sociedad f de crédito hipotecario
the building trade N → la industria de la construcción
building worker N → obrero/a m/f or trabajador(a) m/f de la construcción
building works NPL → obras fpl de construcción

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building [ˈbɪldɪŋ] n

(= process) → construction f

(= structure) → bâtiment m
a huge building → un édifice imposant

(= block) (residential, offices) → immeuble m
building block n

(fig) (= constituent) → composante f

building block (to play with) → cube m
building contractor n → entrepreneur m (en bâtiment)
building industry n → bâtiment m, industrie f du bâtiment
building site n → chantier m (de construction)
building society n (British) → société f de crédit immobilier
building trade n (= sector) → l'industrie f du bâtiment
to work in the building trade [bricklayer, labourer] → travailler dans le bâtiment
building worker n → ouvrier/ière m/f du bâtiment
build-up [ˈbɪldʌp] n

[gas, pressure, toxins] → accumulation f; [weapons, troops] → rassemblement m

(= preparatory period) → période f de préparation
in the build-up to sth → pendant la période précédant qch, pendant les préparatifs de qch

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building

n

→ Gebäude nt; (usually big or in some way special also) → Bau m; it’s the next building but one → das ist zwei Häuser weiter; the buildings in the old town → die Häuser or Gebäude in der Altstadt

(= act of constructing) → Bau m, → Bauen nt; (of new nation etc) → Aufbau m

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building:

building block

n (in toy set) → Bauklotz m; (fig) → Baustein m

building contractor

n → Bauunternehmer m; buildings → Bauunternehmen nt

building costs

pl → Baukosten pl

building estimate

n → Baukosten(vor)anschlag m

building firm

n → Baufirma f

building freeze

n → Baustopp m

building industry

n → Bauindustrie f

building land

n → Bauland nt

building materials

pl → Baumaterial nt, → Baustoffe pl

building site

n → Baustelle f

building society

n (Brit) → Bausparkasse f

building trade

n → Baugewerbe nt

building worker

n → Bauarbeiter m

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building [ˈbɪldɪŋ] n

a. (place) → costruzione f, edificio; (block) → palazzo

b. (no pl, activity) → costruzione f

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