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