"buildup" meaning in English

See buildup in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: buildups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from build up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|build up}} Deverbal from build up Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} buildup (countable and uncountable, plural buildups)
  1. An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (accumulation): kasauma (Finnish), kasautuma (Finnish), keräytymä (Finnish), kertymä (Finnish), accumulation [feminine] (French), affluence [feminine] (French), Ansammlung [feminine] (German), Aufbau [masculine] (German), Anstieg [masculine] (German), Zunahme [feminine] (German), schrittweise Entstehung [feminine] (German), allmähliche Entwicklung [feminine] (German), langsames Anwachsen [neuter] (German), acumulare [feminine] (Romanian), ansamling [common-gender] (Swedish), ackumulation [common-gender] (Swedish), artış (Turkish), büyüme (Turkish), gelişme (Turkish), geliştirme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-buildup-en-noun--NAo7FtH Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 74 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of 'accumulation': 99 1
  2. (dentistry) The construction of a composite core to repair a damaged tooth. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Dentistry
    Sense id: en-buildup-en-noun-FEmmr7ZW Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: build-up Related terms: buildout

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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