building material
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈbɪldɪŋ məˈtɪriəl/
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material de construcción
- Reinforced concrete is a popular building material used for constructing bridges and high-rise buildings.
- other building materials
- recycled building materials
- glass building material
A society needs energy, it needs water, it needs building materials to start building out a society.
- A society needs energy, it needs water, it needs building materials to start building out a society.
- So for the building material of the cabinet, I want to use the last pieces of the floorboards from these a little.
- This is stuff such as tools, equipment, building materials, shielding, clothing, and so on.
- It's about going from like materials, building materials and industry building up.
- And you look at you don't bring building materials that would never exist in a place.
- So we bought the penultimate cell on the right and because in there you could get building materials.
- Marble tiles, building materials, fridges, microwaves, air conditioners, golf carts, hospitals, hotels, high rises.
- It's probably my favorite building material and one thing you have to have if you want to work with trash trash.
- OK, this is the worst building material I have seen so far in this house, and that includes the lead pipes and the asbestos.
Examples
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It's a fireproof building material.
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Most green building programs also attempt to regulate the building materials that are used in furnishings.
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While readily available and easy to shape, wood was not the best building material for cars.
Academic text (2005) -
Such lands have always been important to people, providing food, building materials, and other resources for our use.
Academic text (1997) -
Nor can engineers count on an infrastructure with access to modern power machinery and building materials.
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Think of reinforced concrete, which is the greatest building material of the modern era.
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Over time, the great quantities of building material began to accumulate on the construction site.
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Native Hawaiians use plants from the forest for everything from medicines to building materials.
Academic text (2000) -
In order to meet LEED requirements, Punahou had to recycle as much of the building material as possible.
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There are only two building materials that can't be destroyed by weather, fire or termites, and that's stone and brick.
Synonyms
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2.1
Things like wood or cloth that are used to make objects
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Morphology
The meaning 'a substance used in construction' is directly and compositionally derived from 'building' (structure) modifying 'material' (substance), a standard noun–noun compound pattern in English. This straightforward modifier-head relationship is cross-linguistically common and therefore would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Building material shows a simple picture: workers bring wood, brick and steel, the material, to a building site to make walls and floors. So, Building material means 'stuff used to make buildings'.