"building material" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: building materials [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} building material (plural building materials)
  1. Any material which is used for construction purposes. Wikipedia link: building material Categories (topical): Construction Related terms: building block Translations (any material which is used for construction purposes): շինանյութ (šinanyutʻ) (Armenian), 建築材料 (Chinese Mandarin), 建筑材料 (jiànzhù cáiliào) (Chinese Mandarin), 建材 (jiàncái) (Chinese Mandarin), byggemateriale [neuter] (Danish), bouwmateriaal (Dutch), rakennusmateriaali (Finnish), matériau de construction [masculine] (French), material de contrución [masculine] (Galician), Baumaterial [neuter] (German), építőanyag (Hungarian), materiale da costruzione [masculine] (Italian), 建材 (kenzai) (alt: けんざい) (Japanese), 건축 재료 (geonchuk jaeryo) (Korean), byggemateriale [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), byggjemateriale [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), byggemateriale [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), budulec [masculine] (Polish), material de construção [masculine] (Portuguese), строи́тельный материа́л (stroítelʹnyj materiál) [masculine] (Russian), material de construcción [masculine] (Spanish), วัสดุก่อสร้าง (wát-sà-dù-gɔ̀ɔ-sâang) (Thai), inşaat malzemesi (Turkish), yapı malzemesi (Turkish)

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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
          "word": "建築材料"
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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
          "word": "bouwmateriaal"
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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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            "neuter"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
          "word": "építőanyag"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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          "word": "materiale da costruzione"
        },
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          "alt": "けんざい",
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          "roman": "kenzai",
          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
          "word": "建材"
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          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "stroítelʹnyj materiál",
          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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          "word": "material de construcción"
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          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
          "word": "วัสดุก่อสร้าง"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
      "word": "építőanyag"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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      "word": "materiale da costruzione"
    },
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      "roman": "kenzai",
      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
      "word": "建材"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
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      "word": "วัสดุก่อสร้าง"
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      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
      "word": "inşaat malzemesi"
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      "sense": "any material which is used for construction purposes",
      "word": "yapı malzemesi"
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  "word": "building material"
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