housebuilding

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noun

The building of houses

UncommonScrabble 20

Meanings

nounhousebuilding (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe building of houses

    He says he'll be spending the £5bn available to him to "jump-start" the capital's stalling housebuilding market in pursuit of his target of providing an additional 50,000 "affordable" homes over the next three years.

    2009 January 2, Dave Hill, “Honeymoon over - now mayor faces fight to keep voters sweet”, in The Guardian

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APA

housebuilding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housebuilding

MLA

“housebuilding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housebuilding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “housebuilding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/housebuilding.

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