bouwmateriaal

Definitions of bouwmateriaal
  1. noun
    material used for constructing buildings
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    baksteen, metselsteen, reuzekerel, reuzenkerel
    rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
    bouwsteen
    a block of material used in construction work
    grenspaal, landpaal, natuursteen, scheidpaal, steen
    building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose
    cement, cementspecie, metselspecie, mortel, specie
    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
    beton
    a strong hard building material composed of sand and gravel and cement and water
    vloerbedekking
    building material used in laying floors
    isolatie, isolatiemateriaal, isolering
    a material that reduces or prevents the transmission of heat or sound or electricity
    boomgewas, geboomte, houtgewas
    the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
    dakbedekking
    building material used in constructing roofs
    raccordement, rangeerlijn, rangeerspoor
    material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
    adobe
    sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates
    deksteen
    a stone that forms the top of wall or building
    klinker, klinkersteen, straatklinker
    a hard brick used as a paving stone
    epitaaf, grafmonument, grafsteen, grafteken, grafzerk, zerk
    a stone that is used to mark a grave
    maalsteen, molensteen
    a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools
    deklaag, koorkap, koormantel, pluviale
    brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
    epitaaf, grafsteen, grafzerk, roos, slotstuk, sluitsteen, zerk
    the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
    maalsteen, molensteen
    one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
    monoliet
    a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk)
    steen, stoeptegel, tegel, trottoirtegel
    a stone used for paving
    grafzuil, stèle
    an ancient upright stone slab bearing markings
    lat
    thin piece of wood or metal
    aanzetsteen, slijpschijf, slijpsteen, wetsteen
    a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
    isolatie, isolatiemateriaal, isolering
    used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat
    staalbeton
    concrete with metal and/or mesh added to provide extra support against stresses
    portlandcement
    a cement that hardens under water; made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln and pulverizing the result
    fiberglas, glasdraad, glasfiber, glasvezel
    a covering material made of glass fibers in resins
    linoleum
    a floor covering
    dakleer
    a heavy paper impregnated with tar and used as part of a roof for waterproofing
    kalk, muurkalk, pleister, pleisterkalk, pleistermortel, stuc, witkalk, witsel
    a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
    dakriet, dakstro, dekstro, haarbos, strobedekking, strodak
    plant stalks used as roofing material
    dakpan, pan, tapijttegel, tegel
    a thin flat slab of fired clay used for roofing
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    artefact
    a man-made object taken as a whole
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