Definition of building

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

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Outrigger :: Outrigger (n.) Any spar or projecting timber run out for temporary use, as from a ship's mast, to hold a rope or a sail extended, or from a building, to support hoisting teckle..
Manufactory :: Manufactory (n.) A building or place where anything is manufactured; a factory.
Edification :: Edification (n.) A building or edifice.
Hospitalize :: Hospitalize (v. t.) To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital..
Fascia :: Fascia (n.) A flat member of an order or building, like a flat band or broad fillet; especially, one of the three bands which make up the architrave, in the Ionic order. See Illust. of Column..
Instability :: Instability (n.) The quality or condition of being unstable; want of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building..
Change :: Change (v. t.) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.
Shore :: Shore (v. t.) To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building..
Picture :: Picture (n.) A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model..
Building :: Building (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Buil.
Rejoint :: Rejoint (v. t.) Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather..
Underpinning :: Underpinning (n.) That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed..
Neathouse :: Neathouse (n.) A building for the shelter of neat cattle.
Backhouse :: Backhouse (n.) A building behind the main building. Specifically: A privy; a necessary.
Nidification :: Nidification (n.) The act or process of building a nest.
Tectonic :: Tectonic (a.) Of or pertaining to building or construction; architectural.
Terrace :: Terrace (v.) A flat roof to a house; as, the buildings of the Oriental nations are covered with terraces..
Structured :: Structure (n.) That which is built; a building; esp., a building of some size or magnificence; an edifice..
Garner :: Garner (n.) A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.
Customhouse :: Customhouse (n.) The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared..
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