Definition of building

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Building (n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing..

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Caen Stone :: Caen stone () A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France..
Stand :: Stand (n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation..
Edificant :: Edificant (a.) Building; constructing.
Remove :: Remove (v. t.) To move away from the position occupied; to cause to change place; to displace; as, to remove a building..
Painter :: Painter (n.) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint..
Breaker :: Breaker (n.) Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed..
Bossage :: Bossage (n.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings..
Study :: Study (v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.
Apse :: Apse (n.) A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projecting from the east end. In early churches the Eastern apse was occupied by seats for the bishop and clergy..
Portico :: Portico (n.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building..
Bluestone :: Bluestone (n.) A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States..
Construction :: Construction (n.) The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.
Tile :: Tile (n.) A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mantel works..
Storehouse :: Storehouse (n.) A building for keeping goods of any kind, especially provisions; a magazine; a repository; a warehouse..
Crematory :: Crematory (n.) A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.
Backhouse :: Backhouse (n.) A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.
Magazine :: Magazine (n.) The building or room in which the supply of powder is kept in a fortification or a ship.
Lane :: Lane (n.) A passageway between fences or hedges which is not traveled as a highroad; an alley between buildings; a narrow way among trees, rocks, and other natural obstructions; hence, in a general sense, a narrow passageway; as, a lane between lines of men, or through a field of ice..
Terrace :: Terrace (v.) A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces..
Watchman :: Watchman (n.) Specifically, one who guards a building, or the streets of a city, by night..
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