edifice, n.
(edifices)
freq. cnt. 2
(edifices)
freq. cnt. 2
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
annex, annexe, extension, wing
hall, lobby, foyer, vestibule, entrance hall, anteroom, antechamber
corner, quoin
corner, nook
cornerstone
cornerstone
courtyard, court
cullis
elevator, lift
outside door, exterior door
floor, story, level, storey
foundation stone
heating system, heating plant, heating, heat
interior door
roof
room
scantling, stud
shaft
skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe
stairway, staircase
upstairs
wall
window
crawlspace, crawl space
hypernym
instance hyponym