Building
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Build |
Building
(n.) The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing. |
Building
(n.) The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture. |
Building
(n.) That which is built |
Conning tower
(n.) The shot-proof pilot house of a war vessel. |
Crane
(n.) A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. |
Crane
(n.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. |
Crane
(n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc. |
Crane
(n.) An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire. |
Crane
(n.) A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask. |
Crane
(n.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. |
Crane
(v. t.) To cause to rise |
Crane
(v. t.) To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck |
Crane
(v. i.) to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better |
Crane's-bill
(n.) The geranium |
Crane's-bill
(n.) A pair of long-beaked forceps. |
Derrick
(n.) A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building. |
Gantry
(n.) See Gauntree. |
Martello tower
() A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction. |
Tower
(n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion. |
Tower
(n.) A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher. |
Tower
(n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice |
Tower
(n.) A citadel |
Tower
(n.) A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715 |
Tower
(n.) High flight |
Tower
(v. i.) To rise and overtop other objects |
Tower
(v. t.) To soar into. |
Water crane
() A goose-neck apparatus for supplying water from an elevated tank, as to the tender of a locomotive. |
Water tower
() A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings. |
bodybuilding
anaerobic exercise
muscle building
musclebuilding | exercise that builds muscles through tension |
construction
building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
shipbuilding
ship building | the construction of ships |
| construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
| jerry-building | construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit |
morale building
morale booster | anything that serves to increase morale, the sight of flowers every morning was my morale builder |
| crane | large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world |
whooping crane
whooper Grus americana | rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call |
crane fly
daddy longlegs | long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite |
apartment building
apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
bank
bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted, the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon |
| bell tower | a tower that supports or shelters a bell |
building
edifice | 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, it was an imposing edifice |
| building block | a block of material used in construction work |
building complex
complex | a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures |
building supply store
building supply house | a store where builders can purchase materials for building houses and related structures |
Capitol
Capitol Building | the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet |
church
church building | a place for public (especially Christian) worship, the church was empty |
| church tower | the tower of a church |
| clock tower | a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face |
| CN Tower | a tower in Toronto, feet tall for broadcasting widely |
| conning tower | a raised bridge on a submarine, often used for entering and exiting |
| conning tower | an armored pilothouse on a warship |
| control tower | a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport |
| cooling tower | a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant |
| crane | lifts and moves heavy objects, lifting tackle is suspended from a pivoted boom that rotates around a vertical axis |
| derrick | a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom |
| derrick | a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered |
| diplomatic building | government building in which diplomats live or work |
| Eiffel Tower | a wrought iron tower meters high that was constructed in Paris in , for many years it was the tallest man-made structure |
| Empire State Building | a skyscraper built in New York City in ,feet tall |
| farm building | a building on a farm |
| fire tower | a watchtower where a lookout is posted to watch for fires |
gantry
gauntry | a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something, can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc. |
| government building | a building that houses a branch of government |
highise
tower block | tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments, `tower block' is the British term for `highise' |
Leaning Tower
Leaning Tower of Pisa | a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular, construction was begun in |
lookout
observation tower
lookout station
observatory | a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings |
| martello tower | a circular masonry fort for coastal defence |
medical building
health facility
healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
mooring tower
mooring mast | a tower for mooring airships |
office building
office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
| Roman building | a building constructed by the ancient Romans |
| Sears Tower | a skyscraper built in Chicago in , feet tall |
| shot tower | tower of a kind once used to make shot, molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water |
signal box
signal tower | a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains |
| supporting tower | a tower that serves to support something |
telecom hotel
telco building | a building that houses telecommunications equipment, the telecom hotels are prime targets for bombing |
| tower | a structure taller than its diameter, can stand alone or be attached to a larger building |
Tower of Babel
Babel | (Genesis :-) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven, God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another |