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 |
Construction
(n.) The process or art of constructing |
Construction
(n.) The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything |
Construction
(n.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence |
Construction
(n.) The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact |
Exhibition
(n.) The act of exhibiting for inspection, or of holding forth to view |
Exhibition
(n.) That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed |
Exhibition
(n.) Sustenance |
Exhibition
(n.) The act of administering a remedy. |
Stable stand
() The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip |
Stand
(n.) To be at rest in an erect position |
Stand
(n.) To be supported on the feet, in an erect or nearly erect position |
Stand
(n.) To continue upright in a certain locality, as a tree fixed by the roots, or a building resting on its foundation. |
Stand
(n.) To occupy or hold a place |
Stand
(n.) To cease from progress |
Stand
(n.) To remain without ruin or injury |
Stand
(n.) To maintain one's ground |
Stand
(n.) To maintain an invincible or permanent attitude |
Stand
(n.) To adhere to fixed principles |
Stand
(n.) To have or maintain a position, order, or rank |
Stand
(n.) To be in some particular state |
Stand
(n.) To be consistent |
Stand
(n.) To hold a course at sea |
Stand
(n.) To offer one's self, or to be offered, as a candidate. |
Stand
(n.) To stagnate |
Stand
(n.) To measure when erect on the feet. |
Stand
(n.) To be or remain as it is |
Stand
(n.) To appear in court. |
Stand
(v. t.) To endure |
Stand
(v. t.) To resist, without yielding or receding |
Stand
(v. t.) To abide by |
Stand
(v. t.) To set upright |
Stand
(v. t.) To be at the expense of |
Stand
(v. i.) The act of standing. |
Stand
(v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition |
Stand
(v. i.) A place or post where one stands |
Stand
(v. i.) A station in a city or town where carriages or wagons stand for hire |
Stand
(v. i.) A raised platform or station where a race or other outdoor spectacle may be viewed |
Stand
(v. i.) A small table |
Stand
(v. i.) A place where a witness stands to testify in court. |
Stand
(v. i.) The situation of a shop, store, hotel, etc. |
Stand
(v. i.) Rank |
Stand
(v. i.) A state of perplexity or embarrassment |
Stand
(v. i.) A young tree, usually reserved when other trees are cut |
Stand
(v. i.) A weight of from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds, -- used in weighing pitch. |
Stand-by
(n.) One who, or that which, stands by one in need |
standdown
stand-down | (military) a temporary stop of offensive military action |
| one-night stand | a performance in one place on one night only |
exhibition game
practice game | a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing |
| exhibition | the act of exhibiting, a remarkable exhibition of musicianship |
bodybuilding
anaerobic exercise
muscle building
musclebuilding | exercise that builds muscles through tension |
| one-night stand | a brief sexual encounter lasting only for a single night, he ran through a series of loveless one-night stands |
| construction | drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem, the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem |
construction
building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
| road construction | the construction of roads |
shipbuilding
ship building | the construction of ships |
| stand | a defensive effort, the army made a final stand at the Rhone |
| stand | a stop made by a touring musical or theatrical group to give a performance, a one-night stand |
| 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 |
Little Bighorn
Battle of Little Bighorn
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Custer's Last Stand | a battle in Montana near the Little Bighorn River between United States cavalry under Custer and several groups of Native Americans (), Custer was pursuing Sioux led by Sitting Bull, Custer underestimated the size of the Sioux forces (which were supported by Cheyenne warriors) and was killed along with all his command |
apartment building
apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments |
bandstand
outdoor stage
stand | a platform where a (brass) band can play in the open air |
bank
bank building | a building in which the business of banking transacted, the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon |
base
pedestal
stand | a support or foundation, the base of the lamp |
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 |
clothes tree
coat tree
coat stand | an upright pole with pegs or hooks on which to hang clothing |
| cruet-stand | a stand for cruets containing various condiments |
| diplomatic building | government building in which diplomats live or work |
| Empire State Building | a skyscraper built in New York City in ,feet tall |
exhibition hall
exhibition area | a large hall for holding exhibitions |
| farm building | a building on a farm |
| government building | a building that houses a branch of government |
grandstand
covered stand | a stand at a racecourse or stadium consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats that are under a protective roof |
medical building
health facility
healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
music stand
music rack | a light stand for holding sheets of printed music |
office building
office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
rack
stand | a support for displaying various articles, the newspapers were arranged on a rack |
| reviewing stand | a stand from which a parade or military force can be reviewed |
| Roman building | a building constructed by the ancient Romans |
| stall stand sales booth | a booth where articles are displayed for sale |
| stand | tiered seats consisting of a structure (often made of wood) where people can sit to watch an event (game or parade) |
| stand | a small table for holding articles of various kinds, a bedside stand |
structure
construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
telecom hotel
telco building | a building that houses telecommunications equipment, the telecom hotels are prime targets for bombing |
| washstand wash-hand stand | furniture consisting of a table or stand to hold a basin and pitcher of water for washing: `wash-hand stand' is a British term |
witness box
witness stand | a box enclosure for a witness when testifying |
construction
mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
point of view
viewpoint
stand
standpoint | a mental position from which things are viewed, we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians, teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events |
construction grammatical construction
expression | a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit, I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner |