Definition of building

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Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture..

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Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated..
Rambling :: Rambling (a.) Roving; wandering; discursive; as, a rambling fellow, talk, or building..
Weigh-house :: Weigh-house (n.) A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building..
Chimney :: Chimney (n.) That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft..
Tower :: Tower (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion..
Sissoo :: Sissoo (n.) A leguminous tree (Dalbergia Sissoo) of the northern parts of India; also, the dark brown compact and durable timber obtained from it. It is used in shipbuilding and for gun carriages, railway ties, etc..
Jutty :: "Jutty (n.) A projection in a building; also, a pier or mole; a jetty..
Diorama :: Diorama (n.) A building used for such an exhibition.
Underbuilding :: Underbuilding (n.) Same as Substruction.
Belfry :: Belfry (n.) A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile..
Forming :: Forming (n.) The act or process of giving form or shape to anything; as, in shipbuilding, the exact shaping of partially shaped timbers..
Construction :: Construction (n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.
Framer :: Framer (n.) One who frames; as, the framer of a building; the framers of the Constitution..
Ironwork :: Ironwork (n.) Anything made of iron; -- a general name of such parts or pieces of a building, vessel, carriage, etc., as consist of iron..
Railway :: Railway (n.) The road, track, etc., with all the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, a certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver..
Brewhouse :: Brewhouse (n.) A house or building appropriated to brewing; a brewery.
Brickwork :: Brickwork (n.) The act of building with or laying bricks.
Outbuilding :: Outbuilding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Outbuil.
Building :: Building (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buil.
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