abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse, shambles - a building where animals are butchered

annex, annexe, wing, extension - an addition that extends a main building

antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall - a large entrance or reception room or area

apartment building, apartment house - a building that is divided into apartments

architecture - an architectural product or work

aviary, bird sanctuary, volary - a building where birds are kept

bathhouse, bathing machine - a building containing dressing rooms for bathers

bowling alley - a building that contains several alleys for bowling

center, centre - a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"

chapterhouse - a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter

clubhouse, club - a building occupied by a club; "the clubhouse needed a new roof"

quoin, corner - (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

nook, corner - an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"

cornerstone - a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls

cornerstone - a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies

courtyard, court - a yard wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings; "the house was built around an inner court"

cullis - a gutter in a roof

dorm, dormitory, residence hall, student residence, hall - a college or university building containing living quarters for students

elevator, lift - lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building

exterior door, outside door - a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building

farm building - a building on a farm

feedlot - a building where livestock are fattened for market

firetrap - a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire

storey, floor, story, level - structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"

foundation stone - a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building

gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house - a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)

gazebo, summerhouse - a small roofed building affording shade and rest

government building - a building that houses a branch of government

glasshouse, greenhouse, nursery - a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

hall - a large building for meetings or entertainment

hall - a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"

Hall of Fame - a building containing trophies honoring famous people

heating plant, heating system, heating, heat - utility to warm a building; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating"

hotel - a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services

casino-hotel, hotel-casino - a building that houses both a hotel and a casino

house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"

house - a building in which something is sheltered or located; "they had a large carriage house"

Independence Hall - the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed

creating from raw materials - the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it

crenelation, crenellation - the action of constructing rampparts with gaps for firing guns or arrows

erecting, erection - the act of building or putting up

house-raising - construction by a group of neighbors

assembly, fabrication - the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

dry walling - the activity of building stone walls without mortar

leveling, grading - changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface

road construction - the construction of roads

shipbuilding - the construction of ships

rustication - the construction of masonry or brickwork in a rustic manner

reface - provide with a new facing; "The building was refaced with beautiful stones"

wattle - build of or with wattle

frame up, frame - construct by fitting or uniting parts together

rebuild, reconstruct - build again; "The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb"

groin - build with groins; "The ceiling was groined"

erect, put up, set up, rear, raise - construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"

preassemble, prefabricate - to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings

masonry - the craft of a mason

house painting, painting - the occupation of a house painter; "house painting was the only craft he knew"

plumbery, plumbing - the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

roofing - the craft of a roofer

sheet-metal work - the craft of doing sheet metal work (as in ventilation systems)

shingling - the laying on of shingles; "shingling is a draft very different from carpentry"

business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business"

jerry-building - construction of inferior buildings for a quick profit

assemblage, gathering - a group of persons together in one place