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Definition of Building material
1. Noun. Material used for constructing buildings.
Specialized synonyms: Brick, Building Block, Stone, Bricks And Mortar, Cement, Concrete, Covering Material, Fencing, Fencing Material, Flooring, Gunite, Insulant, Insulating Material, Insulation, Lath And Plaster, Lumber, Timber, Mortar, Roofing Material, Shake, Shingle, Siding, Staff, Sticks And Stone, Wattle And Daub
Lexicographical Neighbors of Building Material
Literary usage of Building material
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Laboratory Hand-book for Dietetics by Mary Swartz Rose (1912)
"FOOD AS building material. During the period of growth, which extends over the
... Hence there is never a time when building material can be dispensed with ..."
2. Food and the Principles of Dietetics by Robert Hutchison (1917)
"In the form of eggs or beef building material is even more costly, the former
being more than eight, and the latter more than five, times as expensive a ..."
3. History and Review of the Copper, Iron, Silver, Slate and Other Material by Alfred P. Swineford (1876)
"building material. BROWN SANDSTONE. The brown sandstone which was quarried at
Marquette for some years, without attracting the especial attention of men who ..."
4. Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations by John Forrest Dillon (1911)
"Temporary Obstructions by building material. — Similar considerations determine
the lawfulness of temporary obstructions of city streets by building ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"... called "building material." Ellis v. Cochran, 28 SW 243, 244, 8 Tex. Civ. App.
510. House painters are within the provisions and protection of the ..."
6. Carpentry and Building (1908)
"It can be truthfully said that there Is no building material which withstands
the ravages of time better than the hard baked clay. ..."
7. The Boycott in American Trade Unions by Leo Wolman (1916)
"88 In 1899 the Chicago local union of the Metal Polishers' Union reported that
it had become affiliated with the building material Trades Council of that ..."
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