builder
(bɪldəʳ )
Word forms: builders
countable noun B1
A builder is a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other buildings.
The builders have finished the roof.
Synonyms: construction worker, engineer, producer, developer
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Collocations:
home builder house builder local builder
And for the designer/home builder who created it, that's just fine.
Houston Chronicle
In the case of a retirement home builder this could translate into attempts to renegotiate land purchases.
Times, Sunday Times
The home builder has successfully completed and handed over 106 residential projects and it has 19 ongoing residential projects.
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The aftermarket industry has also made parts readily available for the home builder.
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The average house normally takes about three months to complete, according to an experienced home builder.
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When I was 18 I became a sales co-ordinator for a house builder.
The Sun (2012)
Three national house builders propose to build 540 new homes on a greenfield site in Cheshire.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A plan to make all new homes ' zero carbon' from next year has been abandoned by the government in a move which house builders say will save the average buyer £2,500.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
They paid €90,000 cash for a 1940s mud-brick house that had been partially renovated by a local builder.
Times, Sunday Times
I recently hired some scaffolding out to a local builder.
The Sun
The structural work will be done by a local builder.
Times, Sunday Times
It had been a terrible week for the selfstyled 'nation's local builder' and the mood in the boardroom was as grim as the weather outside.
Times, Sunday Times
Leave a contact number for a reliable local builder/plumber, just in case.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 建筑工人
Japanese: 建築業者