Meaning | someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building). |
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Synonym | builder |
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Narrower | boatbuilder | A person who builds boats |
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contractor | someone (a person or firm) who contracts to build things |
homebuilder, home-builder, housebuilder, house-builder | someone who builds houses as a business |
jerry-builder | someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit |
road builder | someone whose business is to build roads |
shipbuilder, ship builder | A person who builds ships as a business |
Broader | contractor | (law) a party to a contract |
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Spanish | constructora, constructor |
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Catalan | constructor |
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Verbs | construct | make by combining materials and parts |
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