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home-builder

home-builder

9 2.7
A person or company that builds houses as a business
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊmˌbɪldər/
translation icon : constructor de casas
  • Many home-builders are adopting sustainable practices to create environmentally friendly houses.
  • prefab home-builder

Green Brick Partners, a Texas home builder working on single family homes.

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Examples

  • The local home-builder completed the new housing development on time and under budget.

  • Green Brick Partners, a Texas home builder working on single family homes.

  • Green has been a silver lining for home builders, but more is needed.

    Blog text (25)
  • The first summit was attended by over three hundred community leaders, elected and appointed officials, home builders, and others.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Home builder confidence falls to a record low in July.

  • According to many of his peers, Steven is a highly regarded home builder and member of his community.

    Blog text (33)
  • Contractors, home builders, and, in special cases, designers or architects are the interface between consumers and the production system.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Perhaps the most important role Ouken must play for the home builders is to ensure on-time delivery.

    Academic text (1997)
  • (WANE) - It's already fall, but that hasn't stopped home builders from constructing new homes in the area.

    Blog text (27)
  • Today's fiscal third-quarter earnings report by home builder Lennar is likely to reflect continued pain.

    Blog text (31)

Synonyms

contractor
vshome-builder
354 3.9

A person or company hired to do work for others under an agreement

refers specifically to companies whose main work is building houses
builder
vshome-builder
111 1.0

A person or company that organizes and supervises building work

applies specifically to companies building houses for sale or business
homebuilder
vshome-builder
4 3.5

A person or company that makes houses for people to live in

is the hyphenated form with identical meaning
constructor
vshome-builder
3 5.5

A person or company that builds and manages projects like houses and bridges

focuses specifically on building houses as a commercial business
housebuilder
vshome-builder
  • UK
1 2.8

A person or company that makes houses to sell

is the hyphenated variant with the same professional meaning
house-builder
vshome-builder
2.4

A person or company that makes houses to sell

is the same meaning but often written without a hyphen

How Commercial

developer
145 3.6
firm
1.9
home-builder
9 2.7

Surface Forms

home-builder singular
home-builders plural

Morphology

home-builder = home + builder (transparent) = home + build + er

A straightforward compound of 'home' + 'builder' meaning a person or company that builds houses, which B1 learners can derive from the parts.

Etymology

The word home-builder is made of two parts: home ('a place where you live') and builder ('one who builds'), so it means a person or company that builds houses.