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
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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
- butchery
- apartment building
- architecture
- aviary
- bathhouse
- bowling alley
- center
- chapterhouse
- clubhouse
- dormitory
- farm building
- feedlot
- firetrap
- gambling house
- gazebo
- government building
- greenhouse
- hall
- hall
- Hall of Fame
- hotel
- hotel-casino
- house
- house
- library
- medical building
- ministry
- morgue
- observatory
- office building
- opium den
- outbuilding
- packinghouse
- place of worship
- planetarium
- presbytery
- restaurant
- rest house
- rink
- Roman building
- rotunda
- ruin
- schoolhouse
- shooting gallery
- signal box
- skyscraper
- student union
- tavern
- telecom hotel
- temple
- theater
- bagnio
- Independence Hall
- Houses of Parliament
Parts & wholes
Sense 2 noun
the act of constructing something
during the construction we had to take a detour
Types & categories
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
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
the occupants of a building
the entire building complained about the noise
Types & categories
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| 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 |