Definition of building

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Building (n.) That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc..

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Shed :: Shed (n.) A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed..
Oculinacea :: Oculinacea (n.pl.) A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles..
Balcony :: Balcony (n.) A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater..
Restore :: Restore (v. t.) To form a picture or model of, as of something lost or mutilated; as, to restore a ruined building, city, or the like..
Pontifical :: Pontifical (a.) Of or pertaining to the building of bridges.
Church :: Church (n.) A building set apart for Christian worship.
Hall :: Hall (n.) A vestibule, entrance room, etc., in the more elaborated buildings of later times..
Parietal :: Parietal (a.) Of or pertaining to a wall; hence, pertaining to buildings or the care of them..
Let :: Let (v. t.) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; -- often with out; as, to let the building of a bridge; to let out the lathing and the plastering..
Burghbote :: Burghbote (n.) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
Bluestone :: Bluestone (n.) A grayish blue building stone, as that commonly used in the eastern United States..
Browpost :: Browpost (n.) A beam that goes across a building.
Dome :: Dome (n.) Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc..
Neorama :: Neorama (n.) A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within..
Stereo-chemic :: Stereobate (n.) The lower part or basement of a building or pedestal; -- used loosely for several different forms of basement.
Portland Stone :: Portland stone () A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building..
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..
Roughcast :: Roughcast (n.) A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings..
Sexton :: Sexton (n.) An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc..
Building :: Building (n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture..
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