building

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

Noun

1. a structure, such as a house, with a roof and walls

2. the business of building houses, 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

Translations

building [ˈbɪldɪŋ] n (act) → construcción f (= habitation, offices); edificio

building [ˈbɪldɪŋ] build n (= trade) → construction f (= structure); bâtiment m, construction: (residential, offices) → immeuble m

building [ˈbɪldɪŋ] n (industry) → Bauindustrie f;

(construction) → Bau m;

(structure) → Gebäude nt, Bau

building [ˈbɪldɪŋ] n → costruzione f; edificio;

(also: building trade) → edilizia