'Building' definitions:
Definition of 'building'
(from WordNet)
noun
A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" [syn: building, edifice]
noun
The act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats" [syn: construction, building]
noun
The commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" [syn: construction, building]
noun
The occupants of a building; "the entire building complained about the noise"
Definition of 'Building'
From: GCIDE
- Build \Build\ (b[i^]ld), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Built (b[i^]lt); p. pr. & vb. n. Building. The regular imp. & p. p. Builded is antiquated.] [OE. bulden, bilden, AS. byldan to build, fr. bold house; cf. Icel. b[=o]l farm, abode, Dan. bol small farm, OSw. bol, b["o]le, house, dwelling, fr. root of Icel. b[=u]a to dwell; akin to E. be, bower, boor. [root]97.]
- 1. To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind; to form by uniting materials into a regular structure; to fabricate; to make; to raise. [1913 Webster]
- Nor aught availed him now To have built in heaven high towers. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To raise or place on a foundation; to form, establish, or produce by using appropriate means. [1913 Webster]
- Who builds his hopes in air of your good looks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To increase and strengthen; to increase the power and stability of; to settle, or establish, and preserve; -- frequently with up; as, to build up one's constitution. [1913 Webster]
- I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up. --Acts xx. 32. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To erect; construct; raise; found; frame. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Building'
From: GCIDE
- Building \Build"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. [1913 Webster]
- Hence it is that the building of our Sion rises no faster. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. [1913 Webster]
- The execution of works of architecture necessarily includes building; but building is frequently employed when the result is not architectural. --Hosking. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Thy sumptuous buildings and thy wife's attire Have cost a mass of public treasury. --Shak. [1913 Webster] buildup
Definition of 'building'
From: Easton
- Building among the Jews was suited to the climate and conditions of the country. They probably adopted the kind of architecture for their dwellings which they found already existing when they entered Canaan (Deut. 6:10; Num. 13:19). Phoenician artists (2 Sam. 5:11; 1 Kings 5:6, 18) assisted at the erection of the royal palace and the temple at Jerusalem. Foreigners also assisted at the restoration of the temple after the Exile (Ezra 3:7).
- In Gen. 11:3, 9, we have the first recorded instance of the erection of buildings. The cities of the plain of Shinar were founded by the descendants of Shem (10:11, 12, 22).
- The Israelites were by occupation shepherds and dwellers in tents (Gen. 47:3); but from the time of their entering Canaan they became dwellers in towns, and in houses built of the native limestone of Palestine. Much building was carried on in Solomon's time. Besides the buildings he completed at Jerusalem, he also built Baalath and Tadmor (1 Kings 9:15, 24). Many of the kings of Israel and Judah were engaged in erecting various buildings.
- Herod and his sons and successors restored the temple, and built fortifications and other structures of great magnificence in Jerusalem (Luke 21:5).
- The instruments used in building are mentioned as the plumb-line (Amos 7:7), the measuring-reed (Ezek. 40:3), and the saw (1 Kings 7:9).
- Believers are "God's building" (1 Cor. 3:9); and heaven is called "a building of God" (2 Cor. 5:1). Christ is the only foundation of his church (1 Cor. 3:10-12), of which he also is the builder (Matt. 16:18).
Synonyms of 'building'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adobe house,
- anatomy,
- architectonics,
- architecture,
- arrangement,
- assemblage,
- assembly,
- build,
- buildup,
- casa,
- casting,
- cliff dwelling,
- combination,
- composition,
- compound,
- conformation,
- constitution,
- construct,
- construction,
- consulate,
- conversion,
- country house,
- country seat,
- crafting,
- craftsmanship,
- creation,
- cultivation,
- dacha,
- deanery,
- devising,
- dwelling house,
- Dymaxion house,
- edifice,
- elaboration,
- embassy,
- embodiment,
- erection,
- establishment,
- extraction,
- fabric,
- fabrication,
- farm,
- farmhouse,
- fashion,
- fashioning,
- forging,
- form,
- format,
- formation,
- forming,
- formulation,
- frame,
- framing,
- getup,
- growing,
- hall,
- handicraft,
- handiwork,
- harvesting,
- house,
- houseboat,
- hut,
- incorporation,
- junction,
- lake dwelling,
- living machine,
- lodge,
- machining,
- make,
- makeup,
- making,
- manor house,
- manse,
- manufacture,
- manufacturing,
- milling,
- mining,
- mixture,
- mold,
- molding,
- organic structure,
- organism,
- organization,
- packaged house,
- parsonage,
- pattern,
- patterning,
- penthouse,
- physique,
- piecing together,
- pile,
- plan,
- prefab,
- prefabricated house,
- prefabrication,
- preparation,
- presidential palace,
- processing,
- producing,
- production,
- putting together,
- pyramid,
- raising,
- ranch house,
- rectory,
- refining,
- roof,
- setup,
- shape,
- shaping,
- skyscraper,
- smelting,
- sod house,
- split-level,
- structure,
- structuring,
- superstructure,
- syneresis,
- synthesis,
- tectonics,
- texture,
- tissue,
- tower,
- town house,
- vicarage,
- warp and woof,
- weave,
- web,
- White House,
- workmanship
Words containing 'Building'
- Build,
- Builded,
- build in,
- build on,
- build up,
- Frame building,
- To build a chapel,
- apartment building,
- bank building,
- body build,
- build upon,
- build-up,
- building block,
- building code,
- building complex,
- building department,
- building material,
- building permit,
- building site,
- building society,
- capitol building,
- castle building,
- church building,
- diplomatic building,
- farm building,
- government building,
- medical building,
- morale building,
- muscle building,
- office building,
- roman building,
- ship building,
- telco building,
- Re-build,
- augmenting augmentative building,
- body-build,
- building supply house,
- building supply store,
- empire state building,
- hand-build,
- jerry-building,
- soil-building