building
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 17
- Letters
- 8
Definition of building
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable)The act or process by which something is built; construction.
“The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.”
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noun
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(uncountable)The act or process by which something is built; construction.
“The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.”
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(countable)A closed structure with walls and a roof.
“My sister lives in that apartment building.”
“One particularly damaging, but often ignored, effect of conflict on education is the proliferation of attacks on schools[…]as children, teachers or school buildings become the targets of attacks.”
“Why doesn't Italy finish their buildings”
- (countable, uncountable)Synonym of Tits building.
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of build
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English byldynge, buyldyng, byldyng, buldynge, buldyng, boldyng, equivalent to build + -ing. Compare also related Middle English bold (“edifice, castle, mansion”), from Old English bold (“building, dwelling, house”).
Words you can make from building
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