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BUILDINGS
VOCABULARY BUILDINGS
Term | Definition |
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Apartment block | A large building with flats/apartments on each floor |
Bridge | A structure that is built over a road, railway/railroad, river, etc. so that people or vehicles can cross from one side to the other |
Movie theater | Movie theater, theater) [countable] a building in which films are shown |
Garage | A building for keeping one or more cars or other vehicles in |
Pet store | |
Hospital | A large building where people who are ill/sick or injured are given medical treatment and care |
Skyscrapers | A very tall building in a city |
Gas station | A place at the side of a road where you take your car to buy petrol/gas, oil, etc. |
Construction site | The process or method of building or making something, especially roads, buildings, bridges, etc. |
Church | A building where Christians go to worship |
Castle | A large strong building with thick high walls and towers, built in the past by kings or queens, or other important people, to defend themselves against attack |
Airport | A place where planes land and take off and that has buildings for passengers to wait in |
Tunnel | A passage built underground, for example to allow a road or railway/railroad to go through a hill, under a river, etc. |
Convenience store | A shop/store that sells food, newspapers, etc. and often stays open 24 hours a day |
Florist | A person who owns or works in a shop/store that sells flowers and plants |
Stadium | A large sports ground surrounded by rows of seats and usually other buildings |
Factory | A building or group of buildings where goods are made |
Windmill | A building with machinery for grinding grain into flour that is driven by the power of the wind turning long arms (called sails ) |
Zoo | A place where many kinds of wild animals are kept for the public to see and where they are studied, bred and protected |
Car park | |
House | A building for people to live in, usually for one family |
Statue | A figure of a person or an animal in stone, metal, etc., usually the same size as in real life or larger |
Train station | A place where trains stop so that passengers can get on and off; the buildings connected with this |
Lighthouse | A tower or other building that contains a strong light to warn and guide ships near the coast |
Tent | A shelter made of a large sheet of canvas, nylon, etc. that is supported by poles and ropes fixed to the ground, and is used especially for camping |
Road | A hard surface built for vehicles to travel on |
Billboard | A large board on the outside of a building or at the side of the road, used for putting advertisements on |