building code

noun

A mandatory set of rules on building design, construction, testing, inspection, and maintenance to protect public health, safety, and welfare.

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Meanings

nounbuilding code (plural building codes)

plural building codes

  1. A mandatory set of rules on building design, construction, testing, inspection, and maintenance to protect public health, safety, and welfare.

    Malcolm the super glimpses Luisa and calls out, “Hey, Luisa! An uninvited guest ran up to your apartment twenty minutes ago!” But the noise of a drill drowns him out, he has a man from city all on the phone about building codes, and anyway, Luisa has already stepped into the elevator.

    2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 120

Translations

Finnish rakennusmääräykset
  • rakennusmääräyksetset of regulations for construction
German Baurecht
  • Baurechtset of regulations for construction
Romanian cod de construcții
  • cod de construcțiiset of regulations for construction
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APA

building code. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/building%20code

MLA

“building code.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/building%20code. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “building code,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/building%20code.

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