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单词 building
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building

noun

build·​ing ˈbil-diŋ How to pronounce building (audio)
1
: a usually roofed and walled structure built for permanent use (as for a dwelling)
2
: the art or business of assembling materials into a structure

Synonyms

  • edifice
  • structure
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Example Sentences

My office is in that small brick building. We bought the land for building.
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Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

building

noun

build·​ing ˈbil-diŋ How to pronounce building (audio)
1
: a permanent structure built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activities or for storage
an office building
2
: the art, work, or business of assembling materials into a structure

building 1 of 2

noun

as in structure
something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity English class will be in that big stone building over there

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • structure
  • house
  • edifice
  • construction
  • hut
  • tower
  • cottage
  • erection
  • castle
  • shed
  • shack
  • cabin
  • bungalow
  • mansion
  • skyscraper
  • palace
  • chalet
  • lodge
  • hall
  • manor
  • villa
  • shanty
  • pile
  • hovel
  • estate
  • château
  • summerhouse
  • hutment

building

2 of 2

verb

present participle of build
as in constructing
to form by putting together parts or materials he spent hours building a model airplane from a kit

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • constructing
  • assembling
  • creating
  • making
  • erecting
  • manufacturing
  • designing
  • establishing
  • fabricating
  • rebuilding
  • producing
  • piecing
  • rearing
  • raising
  • making up
  • confecting
  • generating
  • organizing
  • setting up
  • shaping
  • putting together
  • molding
  • carpentering
  • forging
  • reconstructing
  • framing
  • putting up
  • prefabricating
  • inventing
  • concocting
  • fashioning
  • innovating
  • beginning
  • hammering
  • retrofitting
  • redeveloping
  • originating
  • initiating
  • devising
  • founding
  • inaugurating
  • instituting
  • imagining
  • handcrafting
  • constituting
  • reassembling
  • coining
  • conceiving
  • combining
  • fathering
  • contriving
  • reedifying
  • uniting
  • throwing up
  • jerry-building
  • cooking (up)
  • thinking (up)
  • rigging (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dismantling
  • destroying
  • demolishing
  • disassembling
  • wrecking
  • striking
  • razing
  • smashing
  • ruining
  • flattening
  • dismembering
  • taking down
  • leveling
  • shattering
  • tearing down
  • exploding
  • pulverizing
  • knocking down
  • levelling
  • devastating
  • dividing
  • demounting
  • separating
  • detaching
  • blowing up
  • ruinating
  • disengaging
  • disconnecting
  • pulling down
  • disuniting
  • disjoining
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