housebuilding
2.3
Building houses for people to live in
- noun
- /ˈhaʊsˌbɪldɪŋ/
- UK
:
construcción de casas
- Many skilled workers are needed for housebuilding projects in urban areas, especially as demand increases.
Examples
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Our son Tony has spent several summers there working with the Housebuilding project.
Blog text (1) -
The government announced new policies to boost housebuilding and provide affordable homes for families.
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After years of planning, the housebuilding initiative will finally start next month in the new development area.
Synonyms
building
vshousebuilding
941
1.0
Work of making or fixing houses and other structures for a living
focuses on making dwellings rather than repair or non residential work
construction
vshousebuilding
823
2.0
Work of building things like houses, roads or bridges
is limited to making dwellings rather than many varied products
housing industry
vshousebuilding
5
3.3
A group of businesses that build and sell homes
is the practical activity of making dwellings rather than the broader business sector
homebuilding
vshousebuilding
2
3.4
The business of building houses and apartment buildings where people live
focuses only on making individual dwellings rather than all residential types
How Large
Surface Forms
housebuilding singular
housebuildings plural
Morphology
Etymology
Housebuilding is simply the two words house and building joined together. House means 'home' and building means 'the act of making something', so housebuilding is the activity or business of making houses.