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"

Type of:
  • structure; construction

Types:
  • abattoir; butchery; shambles; slaughterhouse
  • apartment building; apartment house
  • architecture
  • aviary; bird sanctuary; volary
  • bathhouse; bathing machine
  • bowling alley
  • center; centre
  • chapterhouse
  • clubhouse; club
  • dormitory; dorm; residence hall; hall; student residence
  • farm building
  • feedlot
  • firetrap
  • gambling house; gambling den; gambling hell; gaming house
  • gazebo; summerhouse
  • government building
  • greenhouse; nursery; glasshouse
  • hall
  • hall
  • Hall of Fame
  • hotel
  • hotel-casino; casino-hotel
  • house
  • house
  • library
  • medical building; health facility; healthcare facility
  • ministry
  • morgue; mortuary; dead room
  • observatory
  • office building; office block
  • opium den
  • outbuilding
  • packinghouse
  • place of worship; house of prayer; house of God; house of worship
  • planetarium
  • presbytery
  • restaurant; eating house; eating place; eatery
  • rest house
  • rink; skating rink
  • Roman building
  • rotunda
  • ruin
  • school; schoolhouse
  • shooting gallery
  • signal box; signal tower
  • skyscraper
  • student union
  • tavern; tap house
  • telecom hotel; telco building
  • temple
  • theater; theatre; house
  • whorehouse; brothel; bordello; bagnio; house of prostitution; house of ill repute; bawdyhouse; cathouse; sporting house


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