building
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
there was a three-story building on the corner
Types & categories
- structure hypernym
- butchery hyponym
- apartment building hyponym
- architecture hyponym
- aviary hyponym
- bathhouse hyponym
- bowling alley hyponym
- center hyponym
- chapterhouse hyponym
- clubhouse hyponym
- dormitory hyponym
- farm building hyponym
- feedlot hyponym
- firetrap hyponym
- gambling house hyponym
- gazebo hyponym
- government building hyponym
- greenhouse hyponym
- hall hyponym
- hall hyponym
- Hall of Fame hyponym
- hotel hyponym
- hotel-casino hyponym
- house hyponym
- house hyponym
- library hyponym
- medical building hyponym
- ministry hyponym
- morgue hyponym
- observatory hyponym
- office building hyponym
- opium den hyponym
- outbuilding hyponym
- packinghouse hyponym
- place of worship hyponym
- planetarium hyponym
- presbytery hyponym
- restaurant hyponym
- rest house hyponym
- rink hyponym
- Roman building hyponym
- rotunda hyponym
- ruin hyponym
- schoolhouse hyponym
- shooting gallery hyponym
- signal box hyponym
- skyscraper hyponym
- student union hyponym
- tavern hyponym
- telecom hotel hyponym
- temple hyponym
- theater hyponym
- bagnio hyponym
- Independence Hall instance hyponym
- Houses of Parliament instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- annex part meronym
- anteroom part meronym
- quoin part meronym
- nook part meronym
- cornerstone part meronym
- cornerstone part meronym
- courtyard part meronym
- cullis part meronym
- elevator part meronym
- exterior door part meronym
- storey part meronym
- foundation stone part meronym
- heating system part meronym
- interior door part meronym
- roof part meronym
- room part meronym
- scantling part meronym
- shaft part meronym
- skeletal frame part meronym
- stairway part meronym
- upstairs part meronym
- wall part meronym
- window part meronym
- crawlspace part meronym
Sense 2 noun
the act of constructing something
during the construction we had to take a detour
Types & categories
- creating from raw materials hypernym
- crenelation hyponym
- erecting hyponym
- house-raising hyponym
- assembly hyponym
- dry walling hyponym
- leveling hyponym
- road construction hyponym
- shipbuilding hyponym
- rustication hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones
their main business is home construction
Types & categories
- business enterprise hypernym
- jerry-building hyponym
Parts & wholes
- masonry part meronym
- house painting part meronym
- plumbery part meronym
- roofing part meronym
- sheet-metal work part meronym
- shingling part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the occupants of a building
the entire building complained about the noise
Types & categories
- gathering hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | annex |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | anteroom |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | quoin |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | nook |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cornerstone |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cornerstone |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | courtyard |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cullis |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | elevator |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | exterior door |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | storey |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | foundation stone |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | heating system |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | interior door |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | roof |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | room |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | scantling |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | shaft |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | skeletal frame |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | stairway |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | upstairs |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | wall |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | window |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | crawlspace |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | structure |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | butchery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | apartment building |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | architecture |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aviary |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bathhouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bowling alley |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | center |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chapterhouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | clubhouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dormitory |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | farm building |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | feedlot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | firetrap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gambling house |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gazebo |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | government building |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | greenhouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hall |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hall |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Hall of Fame |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hotel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hotel-casino |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | house |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | house |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | library |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | medical building |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ministry |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | morgue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | observatory |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | office building |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | opium den |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | outbuilding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | packinghouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | place of worship |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | planetarium |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | presbytery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | restaurant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rest house |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rink |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Roman building |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rotunda |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | schoolhouse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shooting gallery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | signal box |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | skyscraper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | student union |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tavern |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | telecom hotel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | temple |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | theater |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bagnio |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Independence Hall |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Houses of Parliament |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | build |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | reface |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | wattle |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | frame up |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | rebuild |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | groin |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | erect |
| 2 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | prefabricate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | creating from raw materials |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crenelation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | erecting |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | house-raising |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | assembly |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dry walling |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | leveling |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | road construction |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | shipbuilding |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rustication |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | build |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | build |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | masonry |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | house painting |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | plumbery |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | roofing |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sheet-metal work |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | shingling |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | business enterprise |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | jerry-building |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | gathering |