Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that builds, especially a person who contracts for and supervises the construction of a building.
- noun An abrasive or filler used in a soap or detergent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who builds, or whose occupation is that of building; specifically, one who controls or directs the work of construction in any capacity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
builds orconstructs things. - noun rare, bodybuilding A
bodybuilder .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
- noun a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
- noun a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
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Examples
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If it's a hard hat crowd, they probably are not protesting the building of the bunker, but the fact that the builder is not using union labor.
And here we thought the SoWhat towers were empty (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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Any skill builder is to be used only when the child has sufficient practice/mastery in that area to move on.
Question about a “literacy skill builder”? « Literacy Skills « Literacy Help « Literacy News 2009
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There seems to be something of an industry in builder suits.
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Brett Pritchard, the owner and builder, is selling a contemporary home built in 2006 on 8 acres, featuring a scenic view.
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Additionally if I have a problem the builder is nearby to assist with sorting out the difficulty.
Remington, Ruger, Savage, or Browning. whats your rifle brand. 2009
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Using Google's display ad builder is just a smoother process.
Valentine's Day & President's Day ad templates now available 2009
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Additionally if I have a problem the builder is nearby to assist with sorting out the difficulty.
Remington, Ruger, Savage, or Browning. whats your rifle brand. 2009
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The robot destroys himself to save the crew and his saddenned human builder is told, you can always build another one.
Robots as characters frankwu 2008
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The original builder is long gone and the new builder is the patron's son-in-law.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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The original builder is long gone and the new builder is the patron's son-in-law.
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