Phrase Hound found 87 phrases and 49 compound words that contain building. The most common are listed below. Open building in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 87
- apartment buildingA residential building containing multiple apartments or flats.
- office buildingA commercial building containing spaces for offices.
- building blockA component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- building siteThe site, the place where a building is located, is currently under construction, or shall be constructed (including structures other than buildings).
- building materialAny material which is used for construction purposes.
- main buildingThe most important building of a group of buildings (e.g. in a school/university).
- building uppresent participle and gerund of build up
- building blocksplural of building block: A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
- building societyA type of financial institution which traditionally was based on lending money (as mortgages) to society members to purchase houses, from the pooled savings of other members or money borrowed wholesale.
- building materialsplural of building material: Any material which is used for construction purposes.
- building codeA mandatory set of rules on building design, construction, testing, inspection, and maintenance to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
- Capacity-building
- team buildingAlternative form of teambuilding: Activities designed to improve the cohesion and performance of a team.
- New Building
- nation-buildingUnifying the people or peoples within a state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run.
- body-buildingAlternative form of bodybuilding: A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
- building permitSynonym of planning permission: Legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land.
- book-buildingAlternative form of bookbuilding: Making an initial public offering (IPO) by means of a bookbuild; the process of setting the initial price of an IPO based on preliminary bids by potential investors.
- building a casepresent participle and gerund of build a case
- building codesplural of building code: A mandatory set of rules on building design, construction, testing, inspection, and maintenance to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
- building permitsplural of building permit: Legal permission granted by a government authority to construct on one's land, or to change the use of the land.
- link buildingThe process of establishing relevant links to a website from external sites for the purpose search engine optimization.
- Building construction
- School building
- green buildingA building designed to be ecologically correct by using resources efficiently, using internal recycling, renewable energy sources, recyclable or biodegradable construction materials, and blending in with the local environment, particularly …
Compound words 49
- shipbuildingThe construction of ships.
- outbuildingA building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building.
- teambuildingActivities designed to improve the cohesion and performance of a team.
- homebuildingThe part of the construction industry concerned with building individual homes.
- boatbuildingThe construction of a boat or boats.
- housebuildingThe building of houses
- worldbuildingThe conception and description of a fictional world, often as the setting of a work of fiction, particularly in speculative fiction.
- nonbuildingNot being or pertaining to a building.
- roadbuildingThe construction of roads.
- newbuildingThe construction of a new ship.