Builder

/bˈɪldɐ/

/ˈbɪɫdɝ/

Builder

someone who builds or repairs houses and buildings, often as a job

a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action

a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country

Examples

1. Many banks have cut commercial builders off cold turkey.

2. The builders may have adhered to the letter of the law, but not its spirit.

3. Of the participating builders in the survey, 66 percent said they turned a profit in 1993.

4. Men are builders.