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build·er (bil′dər)

noun

  1. a person or animal that builds
  2. a person in the business of constructing buildings
  3. an ingredient added to a soap or a detergent to increase its effectiveness

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

builder Synonyms

builder

n.

  1. Craftsman

    manufacturer, contractor, developer, mason, fabricator, artisan, carpenter, lather, taper, plasterer, producer, construction worker; see also architect 1.

    Antonyms destroyer*, wrecker*, consumer. *

  2. Creator

    maker, originator, inventor, constructor; see author 1.


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builder Usage Examples

Possessives

  • merchant: Then a local builder's merchant built a hall on the far side, closing up the open view across the pit.

Converse of object

  • employ: Working in teams, Habitat also employs local builders to work with their volunteers to brick lay.

Adjective modifier

  • reputable: These contacts will know of reputable builders in your area who they have dealings with.

Modifies a noun

  • merchant: Contact a builder merchant directly or search using the internet.

Noun used with modifier

  • cowboy: The last thing we need is a load of cowboy builders returning their right ears to us claiming it was down to our product!
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builder quotes

   No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.

-Ruskin,John

Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to thegod he worships, aftera style purely his own, norcan he get off by hammering marble instead.We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones.

-Thoreau, Henry David

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