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DEFINITIONS OF: building material

n material used for constructing buildings

Examples:: Blarney Stone
a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it; Rosetta Stone
a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics

Types:: show 60 types...; hide 60 types...; brick
rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material; building block
a block of material used in construction work; stone
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; bricks and mortar
building material consisting of bricks laid with mortar between them; cement
a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar; concrete
a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water; covering material
a material used by builders to cover surfaces; fencing, fencing material
material for building fences; flooring
building material used in laying floors; gunite
a mixture of cement and sand and water that is sprayed on a surface under pneumatic pressure; insulant, insulating material, insulation
a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity; lath and plaster
a building material consisting of thin strips of wood that provide a foundation for a coat of plaster; lumber, timber
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material; mortar
used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall; roofing material
building material used in constructing roofs; shake, shingle
building material used as siding or roofing; siding
material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof; staff
building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration; sticks and stone
a general term for building materials; wattle and daub
building material consisting of interwoven rods and twigs covered with clay; adobe, adobe brick
sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates; ashlar
a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes; capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher
a stone that forms the top of wall or building; breeze block, cinder block, clinker block
a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate; clinker, clinker brick
a hard brick used as a paving stone; cornerstone
a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls; cornerstone
a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies; firebrick
brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys; foundation stone
a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building; gravestone, headstone, tombstone
a stone that is used to mark a grave; grindstone
a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools; cope, coping, header
brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall; hearthstone
a stone that forms a hearth; headstone, key, keystone
the central building block at the top of an arch or vault; millstone
one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain; monolith
a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk); mud brick
a brick made from baked mud; paving stone
a stone used for paving; impost, springer
the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs; stela, stele
an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings; stock
lumber used in the construction of something; strip
thin piece of wood or metal; voussoir
wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault; whetstone
a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives; lagging
used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat; cement
concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement; ferroconcrete, reinforced concrete
concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses; Portland cement, hydraulic cement
a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result; corkboard
a heat-insulating building material consisting of cork granules that are made into sheets by compressing and baking; fiberglass, fibreglass
a covering material made of glass fibers in resins; lino, linoleum
a floor covering; roofing paper, tar paper
a heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing; plaster
a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings; puddle
a mixture of wet clay and sand that can be used to line a pond and that is impervious to water when dry; slate, slating
thin layers of rock used for roofing; thatch
plant stalks used as roofing material; roofing tile, tile
a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing; board, plank
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes; planking
planks collectively; a quantity of planks; clapboard, weatherboard, weatherboarding
a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

Type of:: artefact, artifact
a man-made object taken as a whole

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