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built-up

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built-up (bltp)
adj.
1. Made by fastening several layers or sections one on top of the other: a built-up roof.
2. Filled with buildings; developed: a built-up neighborhood.

built-up
adj
1. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) having many buildings (esp in the phrase built-up area)
2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering) denoting a beam, girder, or stanchion constructed of sections welded, riveted, or bolted together, etc.
3. increased by the addition of parts built-up heels
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Adj.1.built-up - peopled with settlers; "the built-up areas"
settled - established in a desired position or place; not moving about; "nomads...absorbed among the settled people"; "settled areas"; "I don't feel entirely settled here"; "the advent of settled civilization"
Translations
built-up [ˈbɪltˈʌp] N built-up areazona f urbanizada
built-up [ˈbɪltˌʌp] adj built-up areaabitato


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