building

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place (Freq. 48)
- there was a three-story building on the corner
- it was an imposing edifice
• Syn:
edifice
• Hypernyms:
structure, construction
• Hyponyms:
abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse, apartment building,
apartment house, architecture, aviary, bird sanctuary, volary, bathhouse,
bathing machine, bowling alley, center, centre, chapterhouse, clubhouse,
club, dormitory, dorm, residence hall, hall, student residence,
farm building, feedlot, firetrap, gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell,
gaming house, gazebo, summerhouse, government building, greenhouse, nursery,
glasshouse, Hall of Fame, hotel, hotel-casino, casino-hotel, house,
library, medical building, health facility, healthcare facility, ministry, morgue,
mortuary, dead room, observatory, office building, office block, opium den,
outbuilding, packinghouse, place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship,
planetarium, presbytery, restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery,
rest house, rink, skating rink, Roman building, rotunda, ruin,
school, schoolhouse, shooting gallery, signal box, signal tower, skyscraper,
student union, tavern, tap house, telecom hotel, telco building, temple,
theater, theatre, whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio,
house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house
• Instance Hyponyms:
Independence Hall, Houses of Parliament
• Part Meronyms:
annex, annexe, extension, wing, anteroom,
antechamber, entrance hall, hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule,
corner, quoin, nook, cornerstone, court, courtyard,
cullis, elevator, lift, exterior door, outside door, floor,
level, storey, story, foundation stone, heating system, heating plant,
heating, heat, interior door, roof, room, scantling,
stud, shaft, skeleton, skeletal frame, frame, underframe,
underframe, staircase, upstairs, wall, window,
crawlspace, crawl space
2. the act of constructing something (Freq. 3)
- during the construction we had to take a detour
- his hobby was the building of boats
• Syn:
construction
• Derivationally related forms:
build, construct (for: construction)
• Members of this Topic:
reface, wattle, frame, frame up, rebuild,
reconstruct, groin, raise, erect, rear, set up,
put up, prefabricate, preassemble
• Hypernyms:
creating from raw materials
• Hyponyms:
crenelation, crenellation, erecting, erection, house-raising,
fabrication, assembly, dry walling, grading, leveling, road construction,
shipbuilding, ship building, rustication
3. the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones (Freq. 1)
- their main business is home construction
- workers in the building trades
• Syn:
construction
• Derivationally related forms:
build
• Hypernyms:
commercial enterprise, business enterprise, business
• Hyponyms:
jerry-building
• Part Meronyms:
masonry, painting, house painting, plumbing, plumbery,
roofing, sheet-metal work, shingling
4. the occupants of a building
- the entire building complained about the noise
• Hypernyms:
gathering, assemblage

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  construction, edifice