Topic: BUILDINGS
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apartment block
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back door
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bailey
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banister
barn
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bastion
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block
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building
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byre
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carport
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castle
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chalet
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changing room
chateau
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chimney pot
chimney stack
cladding
clerk of works
cloakroom
cloister
clubhouse
coatroom
cocktail lounge
colonnade
column
common room
complex
compound
concourse
condominium
conservatory
convent
coping
cornerstone
corn exchange
corridor
cottage
country house
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courthouse
cowshed
dado
dance hall
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door
doorpost
dormer
edifice
entry
entryway
estate
estate agent
extension
eyrie
facade
fallout shelter
family room
farmhouse
fire door
fire escape
fire station
fitment
fixture
flatlet
flight
floor
folly
forecourt
fort
fortress
foyer
frontage
front room
funeral home
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gabled
gargoyle
grandstand
grange
granny flat
grille
ground floor
guardhouse
guesthouse
guildhall
gutter
guttering
gym
gymnasium
habitation
hall
hallway
hatch
hatchway
hayloft
health centre
high-rise
hospice
hospital
laboratory
landing
leaded lights
lean-to
ledge
lightning conductor
lintel
lobby
lodge
loft
log cabin
lounge
louvre
maisonette
mezzanine
milking parlour
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nave
niche
oast house
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office building
oratory
outbuilding
outhouse
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parapet
party wall
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penthouse
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picture window
pilaster
pillar
pinnacle
platform
plumber
plumbing
podium
point
Portakabin
potting shed
presbytery
press gallery
privy
public convenience
pyramid
rafter
rail
rampart
ribbon development
rotunda
sanctuary
schoolhouse
science park
sepulchre
service charge
shack
shed
shop front
skylight
skyscraper
sliding door
smokestack
smoking room
spiral staircase
spire
sports centre
stack
stadium
stair
staircase
stairway
stairwell
stall
stately home
stateroom
station
steeple
step
stonework
stoop
storeroom
storm cellar
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studio
tenement
tepee
terrace
theatre
toilet
tool shed
tower block
town hall
townhouse
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transom
trapdoor
treasury
turret
vault
vaulted
vaulting
ventilator
vestibule
villa
walkway
wall
watchtower
water tower
weatherboard
wedding chapel
wing
woodshed
workhouse
workroom
workshop
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build‧ing S1 W1

1 [countable] a structure such as a house, church, or factory, that has a roof and walls :
They need money to pay for new buildings.
The offices are on the top two floors of the building.
a farmhouse and other farm buildings
They need money to pay for new buildings.
The offices are on the top two floors of the building.
a farmhouse and other farm buildings2 [uncountable] the process or business of building things :
There is a limited supply of land for building.
stone, timber, and other building materials
There is a limited supply of land for building.
stone, timber, and other building materials