Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

housebuilding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.98 in modern English

Syllables: house-build-ing
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The building of houses

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From house + building.

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does housebuilding mean?: The building of houses
Where does housebuilding come from?: From house + building.

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