Building | Mean of building in English Dictionary

/ˈbɪldɪŋ/

• Noun
• a structure (such as a house, hospital, school, etc.) with a roof and walls that is used as a place for people to live, work, do activities, store things, etc.
1. My office is in that small brick building.
2. office/apartment buildings [=buildings with offices/apartments inside]
• the act or process of making structures by putting together materials
1. We bought the land for building.
2. He planned the building [=construction] of the town's roads and bridges.
3. The building of the bridge took 10 years.
4. building materials/supplies
5. a building contractor [=someone whose business is building structures]
6. the building site