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building site en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. The site, the place where a building is located, is currently under construction, or shall be constructed (including structures other than buildings).
   • Amid confusion over whether it was appropriate for any building sites to remain open, Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said some construction workers could continue to work but that they should "exercise some common sense" and continue to practise social distancing. 2020 April 8, “Network News: Crossrail heads the construction projects placed on hold”, in RAIL, page 13:
2. The site of a former structure, indicated by an assemblage of features, artifacts or debris, remote-sensing data, or historic records (e.g., deed records).
3. (figuratively) A messy, disorganized area.

Forms

Synonyms

construction site

Translations (46)

cmn 遺址 /遗址 (archeology: site of a former structure) · ro șantier (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · nn byggeplass (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · pt canteiro de obras (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · de Baustelle (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · tr şantiye (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · nn byggjeplass (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · ia sito de construction (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · ru стройплоща́дка (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · pl budowa (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · nb byggeplass (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · hy շինհրապարակ (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · sv bygge (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · da byggeplads (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · bg строителен обект (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · bg строеж (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · pl plac budowy (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · mk градилиште (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · sv husgrund (archeology: site of a former structure) · it cantiere (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · el εργοτάξιο (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · el οικοδομή (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · el γιαπί (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · lb Chantier (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · fi rakennuspaikka (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · bg строителна площадка (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · lt statýbvietė (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · sv nybygge (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · cmn 一片狼藉 (messy, disorganized area) · es obra (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · hu építési terület (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · cmn 建築工地 /建筑工地 (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · sv boplats (archeology: site of a former structure) · fi rakennustyömaa (messy, disorganized area) · sv röra (messy, disorganized area) · lb Schantjen (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · sv anlägg (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · cmn 古跡 /古迹 (archeology: site of a former structure) · fi rakennuspaikka (archeology: site of a former structure) · fr chantier (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · cmn 施工重地 (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · sv byggarbetsplats (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · ru строи́тельная площа́дка (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · cmn 工地 (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected) · sv lokal (archeology: site of a former structure) · fi rakennustyömaa (place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected)