constructions
Things being built
Constructions are things that have been constructed—buildings, bridges, or other structures: New construction lined the highway.
The word also refers to the act or process of building: The bridge is under construction.
In grammar, a construction is an arrangement of words: a passive construction.
More abstractly, constructions are interpretive frameworks: You could put a sinister construction on his silence.
False outward appearance
- columnVertical structural element
- archCurved spanning structure
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
cantilever · gable · pilaster · cornice · masonry · balustrade · frieze · pediment
Load-bearing beam arrangement
- girderMain structural support beam
- beamStructural support member
- joistHorizontal structural beam
- lintelBeam over an opening
rafter · scaffolding · load-bearing · reinforcement · tensile · framework · purlin · spandrel
Rules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- clauseProvision in agreement
phrase · sentence · passive · participle · infinitive · parsing · subordination · coordination
Sectioning areas by use
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- excavationAct of unearthing
- siteDesignated location
- contractorHired construction professional
developer · permit · residential · commercial · renovation · redevelopment · groundbreaking · crane
façade
False outward appearance
buttress · cantilever · gable · pilaster · cornice · masonry · balustrade · frieze · pediment · portico
truss
Load-bearing beam arrangement
lintel · rafter · scaffolding · load-bearing · reinforcement · tensile · framework · purlin · spandrel · stanchion
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
clause · phrase · sentence · passive · participle · infinitive · parsing · subordination · coordination · nominalization
zoning
Sectioning areas by use
- urbanizationPopulation shift toward cities
- excavationAct of unearthing
- siteDesignated location
contractor · developer · permit · residential · commercial · renovation · redevelopment · groundbreaking · crane · hardhat
highways
Major intercity roads
sewers · pipelines · railways · airports · ports · roads · utilities · overpasses · aqueducts · levees
constructionsdemolitions
Deliberate structural destructions
destructions · deconstructions · teardowns · dismantlings · devastations
- under constructionCurrently being made
- construction paperSturdy colored sheets for projects
- construction siteWhere edifices get erected
- construction workerOne who erects structures
- construction permitApproval to erect structures
- construction zoneArea under active building
construction, reconstruction, misconstruction, constructionist