builder : Idioms & Phrases

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detergent builder

  • noun a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
    builder.
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home-builder

  • noun someone who builds houses as a business
    homebuilder; housebuilder; home-builder.
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house-builder

  • noun someone who builds houses as a business
    homebuilder; housebuilder; home-builder.
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jerry-builder

  • noun someone who builds cheap buildings out of poor materials on speculation for a quick profit
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morale builder

  • noun something or someone who influences by building or strengthening morale
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mound builder

  • noun prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds
    Mound Builder.
  • noun large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
    mound bird; scrub fowl; mound-bird; megapode; mound builder.
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Mound builders

  • noun prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds
    Mound Builder.
  • noun large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
    mound bird; scrub fowl; mound-bird; megapode; mound builder.
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  • (Ethnol.), the tribe, or tribes, of North American aborigines who built, in former times, extensive mounds of earth, esp. in the valleys of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. Formerly they were supposed to have preceded the Indians, but later investigations go to show that they were, in general, identical with the tribes that occupied the country when discovered by Europeans.
Webster 1913

muscle builder

  • noun someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature
    muscleman; bodybuilder; muscle builder; musclebuilder.
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muscle-builder

  • noun someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature
    muscleman; bodybuilder; muscle builder; musclebuilder.
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Reef builder

  • (Zoöl.), any stony coral which contributes material to the formation of coral reefs.
Webster 1913

road builder

  • noun someone whose business is to build roads
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Rock builder

  • (Zoöl.), any species of animal whose remains contribute to the formation of rocks, especially the corals and Foraminifera.
Webster 1913

ship builder

  • noun a carpenter who helps build and launch wooden vessels
    shipwright; shipbuilder.
  • noun a person who builds ships as a business
    shipbuilder.
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