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Definition of building : 1. of Build
2. That which is built; a fabric or edifice constructed, as a house, a church, etc.
3. The act of constructing, erecting, or establishing.
4. The art of constructing edifices, or the practice of civil architecture.

Synonyms:

castle, hotel, motel, mental synthesis, factory, make, palace, twist, grammatical construction, house, temple, apartment house, church, expression, barn, pile, outbuilding, skyscraper, home, erection

executing, manufacturing, mothering, fathering, cultivating

fabricating, conceiving, inventing, formulating, generating, originating, creating, developing, producing

generation, fabrication, manufacture, production, execution, formation, development, creation

frame, framework, anatomy, arrangement, edifice, architecture, fabric, construction, composition, shape, constitution, skeleton, structure, makeup

constructing, arranging, making, forming, framing, shaping, composing, constituting, structuring

Usage examples:

• I looked more closely at the building. - "Blindfolded", Earle Ashley Walcott.
• We have seen, I think, nearly everything now in this building. - "The Tenants of Malory Volume 1 of 3", Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
• They reached the building in about twenty minutes. - "Ted Marsh on an Important Mission", Elmer Sherwood.