| edifice | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. building, edifice | a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice" |
| ~ abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse, shambles | a building where animals are butchered. |
| ~ annex, annexe, wing, extension | an addition that extends a main building. |
| ~ antechamber, anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, lobby, vestibule, hall | a large entrance or reception room or area. |
| ~ apartment building, apartment house | a building that is divided into apartments. |
| ~ architecture | an architectural product or work. |
| ~ aviary, bird sanctuary, volary | a building where birds are kept. |
| ~ bathhouse, bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers. |
| ~ bowling alley | a building that contains several alleys for bowling. |
| ~ center, centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity.; "they were raising money to build a new center for research" |
| ~ chapterhouse | a building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter. |
| ~ clubhouse, club | a building that is occupied by a social club.; "the clubhouse needed a new roof" |
| ~ quoin, corner | (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone. |
| ~ nook, corner | an interior angle formed by two meeting walls.; "a piano was in one corner of the room" |
| ~ cornerstone | a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls. |
| ~ cornerstone | a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies. |
| ~ courtyard, court | an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings.; "the house was built around an inner court" |
| ~ cullis | a gutter in a roof. |
| ~ dorm, dormitory, residence hall, student residence, hall | a college or university building containing living quarters for students. |
| ~ elevator, lift | lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building. |
| ~ exterior door, outside door | a doorway that allows entrance to or exit from a building. |
| ~ farm building | a building on a farm. |
| ~ feedlot | a building where livestock are fattened for market. |
| ~ firetrap | a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire. |
| ~ storey, floor, story, level | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.; "what level is the office on?" |
| ~ foundation stone | a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building. |
| ~ gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming house | a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business). |
| ~ gazebo, summerhouse | a small roofed building affording shade and rest. |
| ~ government building | a building that houses a branch of government. |
| ~ glasshouse, greenhouse, nursery | a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions. |
| ~ hall | a large building for meetings or entertainment. |
| ~ hall | a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research.; "halls of learning" |
| ~ hall of fame | a building containing trophies honoring famous people. |
| ~ heating plant, heating system, heating, heat | utility to warm a building.; "the heating system wasn't working"; "they have radiant heating" |
| ~ hotel | a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services. |
| ~ casino-hotel, hotel-casino | a building that houses both a hotel and a casino. |
| ~ house | a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families.; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
| ~ house | a building in which something is sheltered or located.; "they had a large carriage house" |
| ~ independence hall | the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed. |
| ~ interior door | a door that closes off rooms within a building. |
| ~ library | a building that houses a collection of books and other materials. |
| ~ health facility, healthcare facility, medical building | building where medicine is practiced. |
| ~ ministry | building where the business of a government department is transacted. |
| ~ dead room, morgue, mortuary | a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation. |
| ~ observatory | a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena. |
| ~ office block, office building | a building containing offices where work is done. |
| ~ opium den | a building where opium is sold and used. |
| ~ outbuilding | a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building. |
| ~ packinghouse | a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed.; "they came from an apple packinghouse" |
| ~ house of god, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worship | any building where congregations gather for prayer. |
| ~ planetarium | a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling. |
| ~ presbytery | building reserved for the officiating clergy. |
| ~ eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant | a building where people go to eat. |
| ~ rest house | a building used for shelter by travelers (especially in areas where there are no hotels). |
| ~ rink, skating rink | building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating. |
| ~ roman building | a building constructed by the ancient Romans. |
| ~ roof | a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building. |
| ~ room | an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling.; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" |
| ~ rotunda | a building having a circular plan and a dome. |
| ~ ruin | a ruined building.; "they explored several Roman ruins" |
| ~ scantling, stud | an upright in house framing. |
| ~ schoolhouse, school | a building where young people receive education.; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" |
| ~ shaft | a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator). |
| ~ shooting gallery | a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin. |
| ~ signal box, signal tower | a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains. |
| ~ skeletal frame, underframe, skeleton, frame | the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape.; "the building has a steel skeleton" |
| ~ skyscraper | a very tall building with many stories. |
| ~ staircase, stairway | a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps. |
| ~ structure, construction | a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
| ~ student union | a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body. |
| ~ tap house, tavern | a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks. |
| ~ telco building, telecom hotel | a building that houses telecommunications equipment.; "the telecom hotels are prime targets for bombing" |
| ~ temple | an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes. |
| ~ theater, theatre, house | a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.; "the house was full" |
| ~ upstairs | the part of a building above the ground floor.; "no one was allowed to see the upstairs" |
| ~ wall | an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure.; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures" |
| ~ bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting house, whorehouse | a building where prostitutes are available. |
| ~ window | a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air. |
| ~ crawl space, crawlspace | low space beneath a floor of a building; gives workers access to wiring or plumbing. |
| ~ houses of parliament | the building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet. |
| framework | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. framework, model, theoretical account | a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process.; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems" |
| ~ computer simulation, simulation | (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program.; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated" |
| ~ hypothesis, theory, possibility | a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena.; "a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory"; "he proposed a fresh theory of alkalis that later was accepted in chemical practices" |
| ~ mean sun | a theoretical sun that moves along the celestial equator at a constant speed and completes its annual course in the same amount of time the real sun takes at variable speeds. |
| ~ copernican system | (astronomy) Copernicus' astronomical model in which the Earth rotates around the sun. |
| ~ ptolemaic system | (astronomy) Ptolemy's model of the universe with the Earth at the center. |
| ~ m-theory | (particle physics) a theory that involves an eleven-dimensional universe in which the weak and strong forces and gravity are unified and to which all the string theories belong. |
| ~ string theory | (particle physics) a theory that postulates that subatomic particles are one-dimensional strings. |
| ~ stochastic process | a statistical process involving a number of random variables depending on a variable parameter (which is usually time). |
| n. (attribute) | 2. fabric, framework | the underlying structure.; "providing a factual framework for future research"; "it is part of the fabric of society" |
| ~ structure | the manner of construction of something and the arrangement of its parts.; "artists must study the structure of the human body"; "the structure of the benzene molecule" |
| n. (artifact) | 3. framework | a structure supporting or containing something. |
| ~ airframe | the framework and covering of an airplane or rocket (excluding the engines). |
| ~ arbour, bower, pergola, arbor | a framework that supports climbing plants.; "the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park" |
| ~ backing, mount | something forming a back that is added for strengthening. |
| ~ bracing, brace | a structural member used to stiffen a framework. |
| ~ bustle | a framework worn at the back below the waist for giving fullness to a woman's skirt. |
| ~ casing, case | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening.; "the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced" |
| ~ climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on. |
| ~ clotheshorse | a framework on which to hang clothes (as for drying). |
| ~ coaming | a raised framework around a hatchway on a ship to keep water out. |
| ~ cornice, pelmet, valance, valance board | a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing. |
| ~ deckle | (paper making) a frame used to form paper pulp into sheets. |
| ~ derrick | a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered. |
| ~ doorcase, doorframe | the frame that supports a door. |
| ~ cowcatcher, fender, buffer, pilot | an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track. |
| ~ framing, frame | a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror.; "the frame enhances but is not itself the subject of attention"; "the frame was much more valuable than the miror it held" |
| ~ frame | the framework for a pair of eyeglasses. |
| ~ gantry, gauntry | a framework of steel bars raised on side supports to bridge over or around something; can display railway signals above several tracks or can support a traveling crane etc.. |
| ~ grate, grating | a frame of iron bars to hold a fire. |
| ~ grill, grillwork, grille | a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate.; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" |
| ~ gun carriage | a framework on which a gun is mounted for firing. |
| ~ handbarrow | a rectangular frame with handles at both ends; carried by two people. |
| ~ hayrig, hayrack | a frame attached to a wagon to increase the amount of hay it can carry. |
| ~ honeycomb | a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees. |
| ~ fretwork, latticework, lattice | framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal. |
| ~ mounting | framework used for support or display. |
| ~ oxbow | a wooden framework bent in the shape of a U; its upper ends are attached to the horizontal yoke and the loop goes around the neck of an ox. |
| ~ picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted. |
| ~ rack | framework for holding objects. |
| ~ ribbing | a framework of ribs. |
| ~ sash, window sash | a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame. |
| ~ sawbuck, sawhorse, buck, horse | a framework for holding wood that is being sawed. |
| ~ stocks | a frame for constraining an animal while it is receiving veterinary attention or while being shod. |
| ~ stocks | a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction. |
| ~ stretcher | a wooden framework on which canvas is stretched and fixed for oil painting. |
| ~ supporting structure | a structure that serves to support something. |
| ~ embroidery frame, embroidery hoop, tambour | a frame made of two hoops; used for embroidering. |
| ~ tenter | a framework with hooks used for stretching and drying cloth. |
| ~ truss | a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure. |
| ~ undercarriage | framework that serves as a support for the body of a vehicle. |
| ~ baby-walker, go-cart, walker | an enclosing framework on casters or wheels; helps babies learn to walk. |
| ~ zimmer, zimmer frame, walker | a light enclosing framework (trade name Zimmer) with rubber castors or wheels and handles; helps invalids or the handicapped or the aged to walk. |
| ~ wattle | framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence. |
| ~ window | a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air. |
| ~ window frame | the framework that supports a window. |
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