Meaning of BUILDER
| Pronunciation: | | 'bildur
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- [n] someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
- [n] a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
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| | Synonyms: | | constructor, detergent builder |
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| | See Also: | | boatbuilder, contractor, creator, homebuilder, housebuilder, jerry-builder, material, road builder, shipbuilder, sodium pyrophosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, stuff, tetrasodium pyrophosphate, tribasic sodium phosphate, trisodium orthophosphate, trisodium phosphate | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Build"er\, n.
One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a
carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason.
In the practice of civil architecture, the builder
comes between the architect who designs the work and
the artisans who execute it. --Eng. Cyc.
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| | Related Terms: | | ancestors, apprentice, architect, artificer, artist, author, barber, beautician, begetter, beginner, brazier, bricklayer, cabinetmaker, carpenter, carver, chandler, conceiver, constructor, contractor, cooper, craftsman, creator, designer, deviser, discoverer, effector, electrician, engenderer, engineer, executor, executrix, farmhand, father, fitter, forger, founder, fuller, gas fitter, generator, glassblower, glazer, glazier, grower, hairdresser, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator, instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, journeyman, lather, machinist, maker, manicurist, manufacturer, mason, master, master craftsman, mechanic, miller, mother, organizer, originator, past master, planner, plumber, potter, precursor, prime mover, producer, puttier, raiser, realizer, rigger, roofer, saddler, shaper, sire, smith, spinner, steeplejack, stonecutter, stonemason, tanner, tinker, tinner, turner, upholsterer, weaver, welder, woodcutter, wrecker, wright |
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