building

Everyday

1. A structure with walls and a roof, such as a house, school, shop or church. tree →
2. The work of making houses and other structures: «building is hard work». tree →
3. (verb form) Making something by putting parts together: «we are building a den». tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life and safety: know the way out of a building, fire exits, and what to do in a fire drill. In maths, buildings appear in problems about floors, heights and shapes. In history, old buildings like castles tell us how people lived. Phrases: «a tall building», «leave the building», «building site», «building blocks».

Examples

• Our school is a big brick building. tree →
• The tallest building in town has twenty floors. tree →
• In a fire drill, we leave the building quietly. tree →
• We are building a tower with blocks. tree →
• Keep out of building sites; they are dangerous. tree →
• The library is the oldest building on our street. tree →
• The building has 6 floors with 4 flats on each, so 24 flats in all. tree →
• The building is the Warton Almshouse. tree →

Note

As a noun it is countable: a building, buildings. It is also the -ing form of «build» (build, built, building). «Building blocks» are toys, and also means the basic parts of something.

In Jewish tradition

In everyday life and safety: know the way out of a building, fire exits, and what to do in a fire drill. In maths, buildings appear in problems about floors, heights and shapes. In history, old buildings like castles tell us how people lived. Phrases: «a tall building», «leave the building», «building site», «building blocks».

Examples

• When people learned of their existence, they all left the original artisan and went to them, honoring them, and negotiating with them in their building enterprises " (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
• So was he seven years in building it. (Prophets 1KI.6.38, JPS 1917) tree →
• 'The day for building thy walls, even that day, shall be far removed.' (Prophets MIC.7.11, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. (Prophets 1KI.7.1, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

As a noun it is countable: a building, buildings. It is also the -ing form of «build» (build, built, building). «Building blocks» are toys, and also means the basic parts of something.