Builder

Definition: Builder

Builder

Noun

1. A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action.

2. Someone who contracts for and supervises the construction of a building.

Date "builder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1374. (references)

Domain	Definition
Industry	Machine used to apply tread rubber to casing. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Builder

Synonyms: constructor (n), detergent builder (n), developer (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Agent	Maker, artificer, artist, wright, manufacturer, architect, builder, mason, bricklayer, smith, forger, Vulcan; carpenter; ganger, platelayer; blacksmith, locksmith, sailmaker, wheelwright.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Are you a master builder or a master butcher (The Ten Commandments; writing credit: J.H. Ingraham; A.E. Southon)
Movie/TV Titles	The Bunglin' Builder (1971) Bob the Builder (1999) Harpsichord Builder (1976)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Road Builder (M) Holdings Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Merriam-Webster's Vocabulary Builder (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Architect Builder Contractor And Developer (reference) Inter-americas Adobe Builder (reference) Alabama Home Builder (reference) Builder Architect (reference) Queensland Master Builder (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Bob the Builder - Can We Fix It? (reference) Bob the Builder 3 Pack - (Can We Fix It?/The Big Game/To the Rescue!) (reference) Bob the Builder - The Big Game (reference) Bob the Builder - Busy Bob & Silly Spud (reference) Bob the Builder - Celebrate with Bob (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Iq Builder (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Vocabulary Builder Arabic (reference) Vocabulary Builder Greek (reference) Vocabulary Builder Hebrew (reference) WebSphere Homepage Builder 4.0 Linux Program Pack (reference) Jurassic Park III: Park Builder (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A dustpan dredge, the "Beach Builder", used in the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		A remote aerial view of the "Beach Builder". Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	J. Perry, HYDROLAB builder, swims away from the lab. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).		Figure 55. Burt's nipper, invented by Peter Burt, a British ship builder, in 1818. It was used to keep the sounding line vertical in spite of the motion of the ship. It was used by the British Admiralty along with a device of the same type designed by Massey. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	This three-story brick mansion was one of many great Georgian mansions built in Annapolis, the capital of Maryland, during the eighteenth century. Begun in 1769 for Samuel Chase, a young lawyer and future signer of the Declaration of Independence, the mansion passed unfinished two years later into the hands of the wealthy plantation owner Edward Lloyd IV. Lloyd hired the renowned English architect and master builder William Buckland to complete the mansion. The elaborate carved details, including the windows, cornices, and doorways, are by Buckland. Credit: Library of Congress.		Underway during builder's trials on 5 July 1918, probably in San Francisco Bay, California. She is flying the flag of her builder, the Moore Shipbuilding Company of Oakland, California, from a short mast on her forecastle. The United States Shipping Board flag is flying from her forward mast, and a flag bearing her name is at the top of her after mast. Originally named Shintaku, this ship was acquired by the Navy upon completion and commissioned on 11 July 1918 as USS Alloway (ID # 3139). She was returned to the U.S. Shipping Board on 3 March 1919. Note the ship's "dazzle" camouflage scheme. Credit: NAVY.
	Running sea trials in March 1908. She is flying the flag of her builder, the Fore River Shipbuilding Company of Quincy, Massachusetts, from her mainmast. Credit: NAVY.		Some of the delights in store for the would-be builder. Credit: Library of Congress.
	The builder. Credit: Library of Congress.		Hiram Sibley, builder of transcontinental line, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
John Ruskin	People are eternally divided into two classes, the believer, builder, and praiser, and the unbeliever, destroyer and critic.
	No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	A few openings, carefully arranged by Feuilly, chief builder, allowed musket barrels to pass through
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	This frame, so slightly clad, was a sort of crystallization around me, and reacted on the builder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The apartment builder then formally chooses from this list and the installation process begins. (references)
Economic History	Brazil	Best prospects for U.S. exporters include electrical outlets, wallpapers, floor coverings, insulation and waterproofing products, and builder tools. (references)
	Romania	General Electric has offices in Romania and the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors recently rehabilitated two 2100 HP diesel locomotives with their Romanian builder, Electroputere. (references)
	Republic of Congo	The area came under French sovereignty in the 1880s. Pierre Sauvignon de Brazza, a French empire builder, competed with agents of Belgian King Leopold's International Congo Association (later Zaire) for control of the Congo River basin. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Builder" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.18% of the time. "Builder" is used about 885 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	97.18%	860	8,222
Noun (proper)	2.82%	25	69,787
Total	100.00%	885	N/A

Country	Name
Malaysia	Road Builder (M) Holdings Berhad
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Expressions using "builder": aircraft builder ♦ body builder ♦ bridge builder ♦ castle builder ♦ detergent builder ♦ engine builder ♦ house builder ♦ master builder ♦ morale builder ♦ mound builder ♦ reef builder ♦ road builder ♦ rock builder ♦ ship builder ♦ speculative builder ♦ tool Builder Kit ♦ user interface management builder. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "builder": builder-architect, builder-restored, builder-seller.
	Ending with "builder": body-builder, bridge-builder, house-builder.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "builder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		bouer, aannemer (building, building contractor, contractor, master, master builder). (various references)

Albanian		ndërtues (constructor, erector), konstruktor (constructor, designer, meccano, mechanician), firmë ndërtimi. (various references)

Arabic		‏مهنة البناء, ‏معماري (architectonic, architectural, tectonic). (various references)

Bulgarian		строител (constructor, erector, master builder). (various references)

Chinese		建造者. (various references)

Czech		stavitel (architect, building contractor, constructor). (various references)

Danish		bygmester (building contractor, contractor, master builder), bygherre (awarding authority, building owner, client, constructor, developer, owner, promoter), opbygningsmaskine. (various references)

Dutch		bouwondernemer (building contractor, contractor, master builder), bouwer (constructor), aannemer (building contractor, contractor, master builder). (various references)

Esperanto		konstruisto, konstruentreprenisto (building contractor, contractor, master builder). (various references)

Finnish		rakentaja (constructor, developer, promoter). (various references)

French		constructeur, bâtisseur. (various references)

Frisian		boufakker. (various references)

German		baumeister (architect, builders, building contractor, master builder, master-builder), erbauer (architect, constructor, constructors, erector), bauherr (building owner). (various references)

Greek		κατασκευαστής (maker, manufacturer), κτίστης (bricklayer), πελματωτής, χτίστης, οικοδόμοσ (constructor), οικοδόμος. (various references)

Hebrew		בונה, בנאי (constructor, housebuilder). (various references)

Hungarian		építész (architect, master builder), teremtő (creative, creator, generative, maker), szerkesztő (compiler, drafter, editor, engrosser), orgonaépítő, megépítő, konstruáló (erector), alkotó (artificer, begetter, coiner, component, composer, constituent, constitutive, creative, creator, generative, generator, generatrix, maker, originator, procreative), alapító (establishing, floater, founder, parent, starter), építési vállalkozó (building contractor, house builder), építőmunkás (construction worker), építőmester (master builder), építő (erector). (various references)

Icelandic		verktaki (building contractor, contractor, master builder). (various references)

Indonesian		pembina (coach, elder, highest, maker), pembangun. (various references)

Italian		costruttore (constructor, developer, erector, homebuilder, maker). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		造り手 (creator, maker, tenant farmer), ビラン剤 (bill, bill broker, billboard, billiards, billionaire, blister agent, building, building highjack, building maintenance, built-in, Burma), 作り手 (creator, maker, tenant farmer). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ビルダー , ビルダ , つくりて (creator, maker, tenant farmer). (various references)

Korean		건축업자. (various references)

Manx		troggeyder (booster, breeder, building contractor, constructor, developer, fancier, hoist, lift, lifter, rearer). (various references)

Norwegian		byggmester (building contractor, contractor, master builder). (various references)

Papago		nahtokam. (various references)

Pig Latin		uilderbay.(various references)

Portuguese		construtor (constructor, designer, maker). (various references)

Romanian		ziditor (aker, constructor, creator, founder), zidar (bricklayer, Mason), constructor (constructor, maker). (various references)

Russian		строитель (constructor), разработчик;строитель, каменщик (brickie, bricklayer, stonemason, stone-mason), подрядчик (contractor, lumper). (various references)

Scottish		clachair (builder of stones, mason). (various references)

Sepedi		moagi. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		neimar (castle builder, house builder), graditelj (creator, house builder). (various references)

Shona		muvaki. (various references)

Spanish		labrador (cottager, farmer, yeoman), destajista (building contractor, contractor, master builder, pieceworker), constructor (construction, constructor, erector, homebuilder, maker, mechanician). (various references)

Swedish		byggmästare (architect, building contractor, contractor, master builder), byggnadsarbetare (navvy). (various references)

Thai		ช่างก่อสร้าง, ผู้รับเหมา. (various references)

Turkish		yaratıcı (architect, author, composer, creative, creator, father, fertile, imaginative, ingenious, inspired, inventive, inventor, originative, originator, pregnant, procreative, procreator, productive, worker), mimar (architect, master builder, surveyor), müteahhit (building contractor, contractor, entrepreneur, purveyor), kurucu (constituent, constitutive, creator, erector, father, floater, founder, foundress, framer, incorporator, promoter), kuran (alcoran, koran, qur'an), inşaatçı (building contractor, constructor). (various references)

Ukrainian		робітник-будівельник, будівник. (various references)

Vietnamese		người xây dựng chủ thầu. (various references)

Welsh		adeiladydd, adeiladwr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	aedificans, aedificantes, aedificanti, aedificantibus, aedificantium, aedificator, aedificem, aedifices, aedificium, fabricator, fabricatores, structores. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Acts Chapter 7, Verse 47
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Solomwn de wkodomhsen autw oikon
Latin	405	Vulgate	Salomon autem aedificavit illi domum
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But Salomon bildide the hous `to hym.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But Salomon bylt him an housse.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But Solomon built him an house.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But Solomon built him a house.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But Solomon was the builder of his house.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Acts Chapter 7, Verse 47
Albanian	Por qe Salomoni ai që ia ndërtoi një shtëpi.
Cebuano	Apan si Salomon mao nay nagpatindog ug balay alang kaniya.
Chinese	卻是所羅門為　神造成殿宇。
Croatian	Istom Salomon izgradi mu Dom.
Danish	Men Salomon byggede ham et Hus.
Dutch	En Salomo bouwde Hem een huis.
Finnish	Mutta Salomo hänelle huoneen rakensi.
French	et ce fut Salomon qui lui bâtit une maison.
German	Salomo aber baute ihm ein Haus.
Haitian Creole	Men se Salomon ki te bati kay la pou li.
Hungarian	Salamon építe pedig néki házat.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi Salomolah yang mendirikan rumah untuk Allah.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi Sulaimanlah yang membangunkan sebuah rumah bagi Allah.
Korean	솔 로 몬 이 그 를 위 하 여 집 을 지 었 느 니 라
Maori	Na Horomona ia i hanga he whare mona.
Norwegian	Men Salomo bygget ham et hus.
Portuguese	Entretanto foi Salomão quem lhe edificou uma casa;
Rumanian	Wi Solomon a fost acela care I -a zidit o casq.
Russian	уПМПНПО ЦЕ РПУФТПЙМ еНХ ДПН.
Shuar	Túrasha antsu Tawitia Uchirí Sarumún Yusa jeen jeammiayi.
Swahili	Lakini Solomoni ndiye aliyemjengea Mungu nyumba.
Swedish	Men det var Salomo som fick bygga ett hus åt honom.
Uma	Aga uma napiliu-i. Ana' -na-damo mpai' to rahanga' Salomo to mpowangu Tomi Alata'ala.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "builder": builders. (additional references)
	Words ending with "builder": boatbuilder, bodybuilder, shipbuilder. (additional references)
	Words containing "builder": boatbuilders, bodybuilders, shipbuilders. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Builder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bauldie, Bealdred, bilder, Bozidar, bueller, buildi, Buldir, Buliver, buyldyd, zuider. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "builder" (pronounced bi"lder)
4	-i" l d er	bewilder, Gilder, guilder.
3	-l d er	elder, Alder, balder, beholder, bolder, bondholder, boulder, cardholder, colder, fielder, folder, freeholder, Gelder, Golder, Holder, householder, infielder, landholder, melder, milder, molder, moulder, officeholder, older, outfielder, polder, policyholder, shareholder, shipbuilder, shoulder, smolder, stakeholder, stockholder, titleholder, welder, wilder.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: rebuild.
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-i-l-r-u"
	-1 letter: birled, bridle, burdie, buried, burled, rubied.
	-2 letters: bider, bield, birle, blued, bluer, bride, build, idler, liber, lubed, lured, lurid, rebid, redub, riled, ruble, ruled.
	-3 letters: bedu, bide, bier, bile, bird, birl, bled, blue, blur, bred, brie, burd, burl, deil, deli, diel, dire, dirl, drib, drub, duel, dure, idle, ired, leud, lied, lier, lieu.
	Words containing the letters "b-d-e-i-l-r-u"
	+1 letter: bluebird, builders, rebuilds, unbridle.
	+2 letters: bluebirds, overbuild, rebuilded, reducible, reducibly, unbridled, unbridles, unridable.
	+3 letters: beliquored, blundering, brutalised, brutalized, lubricated, overbuilds, producible, rebuilding, redoubling, tribulated, unlimbered.
	+4 letters: blueprinted, boatbuilder, bodybuilder, burglarized, butterflied, irreducible, irreducibly, republished, shipbuilder, tuberculoid, undesirable, undesirably, undrinkable, unliberated.
	+5 letters: begrudgingly, blunderingly, boatbuilders, bodybuilders, boulevardier, cloudberries, destructible, disreputable, disreputably, durabilities, equilibrated, filibustered, overbuilding, purblindness, reducibility, relubricated, reproducible, reproducibly, shipbuilders, subeditorial, subepidermal, unbridgeable, uncalibrated, underbellies, undesirables, unverbalized.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
career builder	4,934	owner builder	292
bob the builder	4,522	web builder	277
body builder	3,812	builder thug	272
home builder	2,980	home builder association	271
female body builder	2,307	teen body builder	269
builder	1,598	builder outwar thug	257
free web page builder	1,352	arizona home builder	256
new home builder	1,294	texas home builder	255
resume builder	1,182	site builder	252
nude female body builder	1,034	free resume builder	242
free web site builder	1,001	traffic builder	242
web site builder	848	body builder picture	231
career builder.com	776	national association of home builder	226
woman body builder	672	atlanta home builder	216
male body builder	608	exhibit builder	213
nude body builder	532	houston home builder	204
web page builder	458	colorado home builder	201
custom home builder	405	builder square	197
florida home builder	401	marriage builder	197
gay body builder	306	muscle builder	197
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Builder

Definition: Builder

Builder

Noun

Specialty Definition: Builder

Specialty Definition: Builder pattern

Synonyms: Builder

Synonyms within Context: Builder

Agent

Crosswords: Builder

Modern Usage: Builder

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Familiar Quotations: Builder

John Ruskin

Use in Literature: Builder

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Builder

Usage Frequency: Builder

Usage in Company Names: Builder

Road Builder (M) Holdings Berhad

Expressions: Builder

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Builder

Modern Translation: Builder

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