bouw

Definitions of bouw
  1. noun
    the act of constructing something
    synonyms: bebouwing, constructie, wegenaanleg, wegenbouw
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    wegenaanleg, wegenbouw
    the construction of roads
    scheepsbouw, scheepsbouwbedrijf, scheepsbouwkunde
    the construction of ships
  2. noun
    a lot on which there are no permanent buildings
    synonyms: bouwterrein
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    trapveldje
    a vacant lot used by city boys to play games
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    kermis, kermisterrein
    a parcel of land having fixed boundaries
  3. noun
    an industry that builds housing
    synonyms: bouwbedrijf, bouwnijverheid, bouwonderneming, bouwsector, bouwwereld
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    industrie, industrietak, nijverheid
    the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
  4. noun
    the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts
    synonyms: opbouw, samenstelling, structuur, textuur
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    grondorganisatie, infrastructuur
    the basic structure or features of a system or organization
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    statuten, statuut
    the way in which someone or something is composed
  5. noun
    (agriculture) production of food by preparing the land to grow crops (especially on a large scale)
    synonyms: cultuur, grondbewerking, kweek, teelt, teling, verbouw
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    apicultuur, bijenteelt, imkerij
    the cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey
    agricultuur, akkerbouw, boerenbedrijf, landbouw, landbouwbedrijf
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
    aankweek, bacteriecultuur, bacteriekweek, cultuur, kweek
    the raising of plants or animals
    veehouderij, veeteelt
    breeding and caring for farm animals
    boomkwekerij, pepinière
    the cultivation of tree for the production of timber
    grondbewerking
    the cultivation of soil for raising crops
    zuivelindustrie
    the business of a dairy
    horticultuur, hortologie, tuinbouw, tuinbouwkunde, tuinderij
    the cultivation of plants
    aquacultuur, hydrocultuur, watercultuur
    a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients
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    fabricage, fabricatie, productie, produktie, vervaardiging
    (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale
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