built-up

Modifies a noun

• roofing: Built-up roofing is formed on site from two or more layers of roll roofing.
• frontage: More specifically the building of one or two houses within a small gap in an otherwise built-up frontage.
• area: Still within the built-up area, a minor road called Well House Lane turns off to the left.
• road: The lowest year-on-year rise was for minor non built-up roads - 0.2 per cent.
• boundary: As a result the built-up area boundary should be removed from the settlements which will then be covered by countryside policies.
• environment: The objective was to make people more human in the midst of a built-up environment.

Modifying Another Word

• densely: Ideally a fairly densely built-up area with a shortage of parking places.
• heavily: The Maltese Islands are a popular tourist destination, despite being heavily built-up.
• otherwise: Canals often offer a rural corridor in otherwise built-up areas.
• not: Page 23 Monitoring 9 Percent of Green Belt land area not built-up.
• highly: In highly built-up areas redevelopment schemes may provide opportunities for creating new public open space.
• now: Most of these places which were market gardens and paddocks, are now built-up areas and housing estates.

Used with adjective complement

• have: Over the years, many harsh and highly toxic chemicals have built-up in the environment.
• become: The area became increasingly built-up over time, putting pressure on the hospital to provide more facilities for the surrounding population.