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  2. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

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    1. A lateral part or projection of a building or structure such as a wing wall. 2. A subordinate part of a building possibly not connected to the main building. [88] 3. The sides of a stage (theatre). Widow's walk A railed rooftop platform often having an inner cupola/turret frequently found on 19th-century North American coastal houses.

  3. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    building attached to or in the grounds of a residence for storing a car (parking garage) building serving as a public parking facility (UK: multistorey car park or just multistorey) garbage (n.) piece of nonsensical prose, sequence of meaningless words household waste (UK "rubbish") garden (n.) area around a residential structure (US: yard)

  4. Glossary of structural engineering - Wikipedia

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    Bent (structural) – Bents are the building blocks that define the overall shape and character of a structure. They do not have any sort of pre-defined configuration in the way that a Pratt truss does. Rather, bents are simply cross-sectional templates of structural members, i.e., rafters, joists, posts, pilings, etc., that repeat on parallel ...

  5. Building - Wikipedia

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    A building or edifice is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls, usually standing permanently in one place, [1] such as a house or factory. [1] Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for numerous factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and ...

  6. Construction - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 December 2024. Process of building or assembling a building or infrastructure For other uses, see Construction (disambiguation). "Construction site" redirects here. Not to be confused with Construction Site (TV series). Construction site and equipment prepared for start of work in Cologne, Germany ...

  7. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.

  8. Compound (enclosure) - Wikipedia

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    According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word compound in this sense is thought to be etymologically derived ultimately from the Malay-Indonesian word kampung or kampong, meaning 'enclosure' or 'village', probably entering English via Dutch or Portuguese.

  9. List of building materials - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of building materials. Many types of building materials are used in the construction industry to create buildings and structures . These categories of materials and products are used by architects and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for building projects .