house raising
North American
noun
The construction of a house, especially the setting up of the wooden framework, as a communal activity; a gathering of neighbours to do this.
Origin
Early 18th century.
- reflectography
- reflectometer
- reflectometry
- reflector
- reflector antenna
- reflectored
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- reflectorially
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- reflectorised
- reflectorize
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- reflectory
- reflectoscope
- refledge
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- reflex arc
- reflex camera
- reflex hammer
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- reflexible
- reflex image