BUILDER

builder, constructor

(noun) someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)

builder

(noun) a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country; “empire builder”

builder, detergent builder

(noun) a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

builder (plural builders)

A person who builds or constructs things.

(trade) Master artisan, who receives his instructions from the architect, and employs workers.

(rare, bodybuilding) A bodybuilder.

Synonyms

• (a person who builds or constructs things): constructor

Antonyms

• (a person who builds or constructs things): destroyer, wrecker

Anagrams

• rebuild

Source: Wiktionary


Build"er, n.

Definition: One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason. In the practice of civil architecture, the builder comes between the architect who designs the work and the artisans who execute it. Eng. Cyc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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INTERTRIGO

(noun) chafing between two skin surfaces that are in contact (as in the armpit or under the breasts or between the thighs)


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International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.

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