English > building: 4 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place. |
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| Example | "there was a three-story building on the corner" |
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| Synonym | edifice |
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| Instances | Houses of Parliament | The building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet |
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| Independence Hall | The building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Parts | annex, annexe, extension, wing | An addition that extends a main building |
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| anteroom, antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule | A large entrance or reception room or area |
| corner, quoin | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building |
| corner, nook | An interior angle formed by two meeting / meeting walls |
| cornerstone | A stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls |
| cornerstone | A stone in the exterior of a large and important building |
| court, courtyard | An area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings |
| crawlspace, crawl space | Low space beneath a floor of a building |
| cullis | A gutter in a roof |
| 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 |
| floor, level, storey, story | A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale |
| foundation stone | A stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building |
| heating system, heating plant, heating, heat | utility to warm / warm a building |
| interior door | A door that closes off rooms within a building |
| roof | A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building |
| room | An area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling |
| scantling, stud | An upright in house framing |
| shaft | A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) |
| skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe | The internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape |
| stairway, staircase | A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps |
| upstairs | The part of a building above the ground floor |
| wall | An architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness |
| window | A framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air |
| Narrower | Hall of Fame | A building containing trophies honoring famous people |
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| Roman building | A building constructed by the ancient Romans |
| abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse | A building where animals are butchered |
| 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 |
| chapterhouse | A building attached to a monastery or cathedral |
| clubhouse, club | A building that is occupied by a social club |
| dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residence | A college or university building containing living quarters for students |
| 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 |
| gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, 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 |
| greenhouse, glasshouse | A building with glass walls and roof |
| hall | A large building for meetings / meetings or entertainment |
| hall | A large building used by a college or university for teaching or research |
| hotel | A building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals / meals and other services |
| hotel-casino, casino-hotel | A building that houses both a hotel and a casino |
| house | A dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families |
| house | A building in which something is sheltered or located |
| library | A building that houses a collection of books and other materials |
| medical building, health facility, healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
| ministry | building where the business of a government department is transacted |
| morgue, mortuary, dead room | A building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation |
| observatory | A building designed and equipped to observe / observe astronomical phenomena |
| office building, office block | A building containing offices where work is done |
| opium den | A building where opium is sold and used |
| outbuilding | A building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building |
| packinghouse | A building where foodstuffs are processed and packed |
| place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship | Any building where congregations gather for prayer |
| planetarium | A building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling |
| presbytery | building reserved for the officiating clergy |
| rest house | A building used for shelter / shelter by travelers (especially in areas where there are no hotels) |
| restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery | A building where people go to eat |
| rink, skating rink | building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating |
| rotunda | A building having a circular plan and a dome |
| ruin | A ruined building |
| school, schoolhouse | A building where young people receive education |
| shooting gallery | A building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin |
| signal box, signal tower | A building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains |
| skyscraper | A very tall building with many stories |
| student union | A building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body |
| tavern, tap house | A building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks |
| telecom hotel, telco building | A building that houses telecommunications equipment |
| temple | An edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes |
| theater, theatre, house | A building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented |
| whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house | A building where prostitutes are available |
| Broader | structure, construction | A thing constructed |
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| Spanish | casa, construcción, edificación, edificio, edificios, inmueble |
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| Catalan | construcció, edifici, immoble |
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English > building: 4 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of constructing something. |
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| Example | "his hobby was the building of boats" |
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| Synonym | construction |
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| Category of | frame, frame up | Construct by fitting or uniting parts together |
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| groin | build with groins |
| prefabricate, preassemble | 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 |
| raise, erect, rear, set up, put up | Construct, build, or erect |
| rebuild, reconstruct | build again |
| reface | Provide with a new facing / facing |
| wattle | build of or with wattle |
| Narrower | bricolage | Construction of something by whatver material are available |
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| crenelation, crenellation | The action of constructing ramparts with gaps / gaps for firing guns or arrows |
| dry walling | The activity of building stone walls without mortar |
| erecting, erection | The act of building or putting up |
| fabrication, assembly | The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) |
| grading, leveling | changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface |
| house-raising | construction by a group of neighbors |
| road construction | The construction of roads |
| rustication | The construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner |
| shipbuilding, ship building | The construction of ships |
| Broader | creating from raw materials | The act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it |
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| Spanish | construcción, edificación |
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| Catalan | construcció |
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| Verbs | build | make by combining materials and parts |
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