Phrase guide

building material

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any material which is used for construction purposes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

material used for constructing buildings

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: artifact, artefact

Narrower terms: brick, building block, stone, bricks and mortar, cement, concrete, covering material, fencing material, fencing, flooring, gunite, insulating material, insulant, insulation, lath and plaster, lumber, timber, mortar, roofing material, shingle, shake, siding, staff, sticks and stone, wattle and daub

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: շինանյութ (šinanyutʻ) — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 建築材料 /建筑材料 (jiànzhù cáiliào) — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 建材 (jiàncái) — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Danish: byggemateriale — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Dutch: bouwmateriaal — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Finnish: rakennusmateriaali — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • French: matériau de construction — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Galician: material de contrución — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • German: Baumaterial — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Hungarian: építőanyag — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Italian: materiale da costruzione — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Japanese: 建材 (kenzai) — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Korean: 건축 재료 (geonchuk jaeryo) — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: byggemateriale — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byggjemateriale — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: byggemateriale — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Polish: budulec — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Portuguese: material de construção — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Russian: строи́тельный материа́л (stroítelʹnyj materiál) — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Spanish: material de construcción — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Thai: วัสดุก่อสร้าง (wát-sà-dù-gɔ̀ɔ-sâang) — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Turkish: inşaat malzemesi — any material which is used for construction purposes
  • Turkish: yapı malzemesi — any material which is used for construction purposes