Definition of Building site

1. Noun. A lot on which there are no permanent buildings.

Exact synonyms: Vacant Lot
Specialized synonyms: Sandlot
Generic synonyms: Lot

Definition of Building site

1. Noun. (construction) The site, the place where a building is located, is currently under construction, or shall be constructed. ¹

2. Noun. (archeology) The site of a former structure, indicated by an assemblage of features, artifacts or debris, remote-sensing data, or historic records (e.g., deed records). ¹

3. Noun. (figuratively) A messy, disorganized area. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Building Site

buildering
builders
builders' tea
buildest
buildeth
building
building block
building blocks
building code
building codes
building complex
building department
building material
building on
building permit
building site (current term)
building sites
building societies
building society
building supply house
building supply store
building up
buildingless
buildings
buildingwide
buildout
buildouts
builds
builds on
builds up

Literary usage of Building site

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"I282 To obtain the requisite building-site, a ridge, forty meters high, between the Capitol and Quirinal, was removed: here Trajan's Forum was laid out, ..."

2. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain. Privy Council, Great Britain. Supreme Court of Judicature (1892)
"The plaintiff's site is an old building site, ... There has been here complete abandonment of the old building site. The plaintiff is uot following on the ..."

3. Sanitation of Public Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1907)
"building site.—The site for a church should be central and convenient of access by the various transportation routes. It is desirable that a church edifice ..."

4. Multi-Language Glossary on Natural Disasters edited by Kenzo Toki (1994)
"Unfortunately, at present there are no reliable, easily applied methods for correlating the results of tests made at a building site with subsequent indoor ..."

5. Papers and Proceedings of the ... General Meeting of the American Library by General Meeting, American Library Association (1903)
"$15,ooo for a branch library building site SEDALIA. Public Library. $1ooo for juvenile books for the children's room, from the people of the city through a ..."

6. Model Tax Convention on Income and on Capitalby (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Oecd, OECD Staff, OECD. Committee on Fiscal Affairs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, Development. by (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Oecd, OECD Staff, OECD. Committee on Fiscal Affairs, Organisation for Economic Co-operation, Development. (2000)
"Argentina reserves its position on paragraph 3 and considers that any building site or construction, assembly, or installation project that lasts more than ..."

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