Builder

//ˈbɪl.də// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who builds or constructs things.
  2. 2
    someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) wordnet
  3. 3
    Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.
  4. 4
    a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country wordnet
  5. 5
    Software that allows the user to create a certain kind of (often automated) output.

    "To cut coding time and to insure maintainability of the algorithms, an "algorithm builder tool" was constructed."

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  1. 6
    a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action wordnet
  2. 7
    Clipping of bodybuilder. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, rare

    "In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders."

Synonyms

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constructorconstructorancestorsapprenticearchitectartificer

Example

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"Mr Brown contracted with the builder for a new house."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden Latin -ariusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English byldere English builder From Middle English byldere, buyldere, from bylden + -er. By surface analysis, build + -er. Compare Old English bylda, bytla (“hammerer, builder”).

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