Definition of building

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

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Embattlement :: Embattlement (n.) The fortifying of a building or a wall by means of battlements.
Shore :: Shore (v. t.) To support by a shore or shores; to prop; -- usually with up; as, to shore up a building..
Pueblo :: Pueblo (n.) A communistic building erected by certain Indian tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. It is often of large size and several stories high, and is usually built either of stone or adobe. The term is also applied to any Indian village in the same region..
Calyon :: Calyon (n.) Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc..
Approach :: Approach (v. i.) A way, passage, or avenue by which a place or buildings can be approached; an access..
Renidification :: Renidification (n.) The act of rebuilding a nest.
Plan :: Plan (a.) A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation or delineation of a horizontal section of anything, as of a building; a graphic representation; a diagram..
Derrick :: Derrick (n.) A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building..
Disproportion :: Disproportion (n.) Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height..
Suit :: Suit (n.) Things that follow in a series or succession; the individual objects, collectively considered, which constitute a series, as of rooms, buildings, compositions, etc.; -- often written suite, and pronounced sw/t..
Refinery :: Refinery (n.) The building and apparatus for refining or purifying, esp. metals and sugar..
Stork-billed :: Stork (n.) Any one of several species of large wading birds of the family Ciconidae, having long legs and a long, pointed bill. They are found both in the Old World and in America, and belong to Ciconia and several allied genera. The European white stork (Ciconia alba) is the best known. It commonly makes its nests on the top of a building, a chimney, a church spire, or a pillar. The black stork (C. nigra) is native of Asia, Africa, and Europe..
Block :: Block (v. t.) A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not..
Cockloft :: Cockloft (n.) An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building.
Compound :: Compound (n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc..
Settlement :: Settlement (n.) The gradual sinking of a building, whether by the yielding of the ground under the foundation, or by the compression of the joints or the material..
Capitol :: Capitol () The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse..
Projection :: Projection (n.) A jutting out; also, a part jutting out, as of a building; an extension beyond something else..
Curtain :: Curtain (n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc..
Bath :: Bath (n.) A building containing an apartment or a series of apartments arranged for bathing.
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