building
/ˈbɪl.dɪŋ/ noun A1- The act or process by which something is built; construction. · The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.
- A closed structure with walls and a roof. · My sister lives in that apartment building.
- Synonym of Tits building.
Plural buildings
From the library
Two days ago some repairs were started in the west wing of the building, and my bedroom wall has been pierced, so that I have had to move into the chamber in which my sister died, and to sleep in the very bed in which she slept.
But I can be happy and building at home.
“Is there no watchman to the building?”
“Suppose that Cadogan West wished to make his way into the building after hours; he would need three keys, would he not, before he could reach the papers?”
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