builder
Builder (noun) means Somebody whose job or activity is putting things together or constructing them. Example: “My uncle is a builder and has constructed several houses in our town.”
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Somebody whose job or activity is putting things together or constructing them.
"My uncle is a builder and has constructed several houses in our town."
"The toy company hired a model builder to assemble miniature ships."
"She is a keen builder of model railways in her spare time."
2
A skilled craftsman who takes direction from an architect and manages a team of workers.
"The builder went through the plans with the architect before the team started work."
"We hired a local builder to extend our kitchen, and he managed six workers."
"A good builder checks every wall against the architect's drawings."
3
A computer program that lets a user put together a particular kind of output, often automatically.
"Use the website builder to drag and drop pages into a new site."
"The report builder creates a neat chart automatically from your data."
"She used a quiz builder to generate the test for her class."
"Many users may find this easier to use as each field is clearly displayed and the user interface provides a formula builder and a Check formula function."
— David Feldman, Jason Himmelstein (2013)
"A map builder uses map layers from several sources and adds data to make a custom map."
— Michael Zeiler, Modeling Our World: The ESRI Guide to Geodatabase Design (1999)
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(informal) Short for someone who trains to build up their muscles.
"He is a serious builder and goes to the gym five times a week."
"The magazine interviewed a well-known builder about his training routine."
"Every builder in the gym seemed to have a different protein shake."
"In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders."
— Samuel Wilson Fussell (1991)
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What is the meaning of builder?
"builder" (noun) means somebody whose job or activity is putting things together or constructing them.
What is another word for builder?
Other words for "builder" include constructor.
What is the opposite of builder?
The opposite of "builder" is wrecker.
What are the different meanings of builder?
"builder" has 3 main meanings: 1. Somebody whose job or activity is putting things together or constructing them; 2. A skilled craftsman who takes direction from an architect and manages a team of workers; 3. A computer program that lets a user put together a particular kind of output, often automatically.
