building
♦♦♦ build|ing /b'ɪldɪŋ/ (buildings)
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A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
They were on the upper floor of the building...
Crowds gathered around the Parliament building.apart|ment build|ing (apartment buildings)
or apartment house
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An apartment building or apartment house is a tall building which contains different apartments on different floors. (AM; in BRIT, use block of flats)build|ing block (building blocks)
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If you describe something as a building block of something, you mean it is one of the separate parts that combine to make that thing.
...molecules that are the building blocks of all life on earth.build|ing site (building sites)
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A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
= construction sitebuild|ing so|ci|ety (building societies)
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In Britain, a building society is a business which will lend you money when you want to buy a house. You can also invest money in a building society, where it will earn interest. Compare savings and loan association.sick build|ing syn|drome
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Sick building syndrome is a group of conditions, including headaches, sore eyes, and tiredness, which people who work in offices may experience because the air there is not healthy to breathe.
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A building is a structure that has a roof and walls, for example a house or a factory.
They were on the upper floor of the building...
Crowds gathered around the Parliament building.apart|ment build|ing (apartment buildings)
or apartment house
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An apartment building or apartment house is a tall building which contains different apartments on different floors. (AM; in BRIT, use block of flats)build|ing block (building blocks)
[N-COUNT] usu with supp
If you describe something as a building block of something, you mean it is one of the separate parts that combine to make that thing.
...molecules that are the building blocks of all life on earth.build|ing site (building sites)
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A building site is an area of land on which a building or a group of buildings is in the process of being built or altered.
= construction sitebuild|ing so|ci|ety (building societies)
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In Britain, a building society is a business which will lend you money when you want to buy a house. You can also invest money in a building society, where it will earn interest. Compare savings and loan association.sick build|ing syn|drome
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Sick building syndrome is a group of conditions, including headaches, sore eyes, and tiredness, which people who work in offices may experience because the air there is not healthy to breathe.