1. Verb form
of Build
2. Noun
The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.
3. Noun
The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.
4. Noun
That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc.
5. Noun
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"
Vocabulary classified under Computing and technology
6. 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"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
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