material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
bodybuilding anaerobic exercise muscle building musclebuilding | exercise that builds muscles through tension |
waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
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 |
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 |
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 |
bedding material bedding litter | material used to provide a bed for animals |
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 |
diplomatic building | government building in which diplomats live or work |
Empire State Building | a skyscraper built in New York City in ,feet tall |
fabric cloth material textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
farm building | a building on a farm |
government building | a building that houses a branch of government |
material | things needed for doing or making something, writing materials, useful teaching materials |
medical building health facility healthcare facility | building where medicine is practiced |
office building office block | a building containing offices where work is done |
photographic paper photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
piece of cloth piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
Roman building | a building constructed by the ancient Romans |
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 |
upholstery material | the fabric used in upholstering |
e human body physical body material body soma build figure physique anatomy shape bod chassis frame form flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
construction mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
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 |
writing written material piece of writing | the work of a writer, anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect), the writing in her novels is excellent, that editorial was a fine piece of writing |
building permit | a document authorizing the holder to construct a building of a particular kind on a particular lot |
reading reading material | written material intended to be read, the teacher assigned new readings, he bought some reading material at the airport |
material | information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form, the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography |
building code | set of standards established and enforced by local government for the structural safety of buildings |
construction twist | an interpretation of a text or action, they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct |
promotion publicity promotional material packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution, the packaging of new ideas |
building | the occupants of a building, the entire building complained about the noise |
construction industry housing industry | an industry that builds housing |
plant department building department | the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant |
building society | British equivalent of United States savings and loan association |
vacant lot building site | a lot on which there are no permanent buildings |
unit building block | a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else, units of nucleic acids |
construction worker hard hat | a worker skilled in building offices or dwellings etc. |