Word

building, n.
(buildings)
freq. cnt. 52

a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 50 freq. cnt.: 48 freq. cnt.: 2

building edifice

sample sentences

"there was a three-story building on the corner"
"it was an imposing edifice"

semantic pointers

hyponym

abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse apartment building, apartment house architecture aviary, bird sanctuary, volary bathhouse, bathing machine bowling alley center, centre chapterhouse clubhouse, club hall, dormitory, dorm, residence hall, student residence farm building feedlot firetrap gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house gazebo, summerhouse government building greenhouse, glasshouse hall hall Hall of Fame hotel hotel-casino, casino-hotel house house library medical building, health facility, healthcare facility ministry morgue, dead room, mortuary observatory office building, office block opium den outbuilding packinghouse place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship planetarium presbytery restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery rest house rink, skating rink Roman building rotunda ruin school, schoolhouse shooting gallery signal box, signal tower skyscraper student union tavern, tap house telecom hotel, telco building temple theatre, theater, house brothel, house of prostitution, bawdyhouse, whorehouse, bordello, bagnio, house of ill repute, cathouse, sporting house

part meronym

hypernym

structure, construction

instance hyponym

Independence Hall Houses of Parliament

the act of constructing something
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 28 freq. cnt.: 25 freq. cnt.: 3

building construction

sample sentences

"during the construction we had to take a detour"
"his hobby was the building of boats"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

construct

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

build

semantic pointers

hypernym

creating from raw materials

hyponym

bricolage crenelation, crenellation erecting, erection house-raising assembly, fabrication dry walling grading, leveling road construction shipbuilding, ship building rustication

member of this domain (topic)

reface wattle frame up, frame rebuild, reconstruct groin erect, set up, put up, raise, rear prefabricate, preassemble

the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

building construction

sample sentences

"their main business is home construction"
"workers in the building trades"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

build build

semantic pointers

part meronym

masonry painting, house painting plumbing, plumbery roofing sheet-metal work shingling

hypernym

business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise

hyponym

jerry-building

the occupants of a building
<noun.group>

building

sample sentences

"the entire building complained about the noise"

semantic pointers

hypernym

gathering, assemblage