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Meanings of
edifice
in English
Portuguese
casa
Catalan
edifici
Spanish
inmueble
Back to the meaning
A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place.
building
Portuguese
casa
Usage of
edifice
in English
1
Yet still we construct a grotesque
edifice
that denies such common sense.
2
She was interested in knowing the purpose of the peculiar little
edifice
.
3
Thus it was that the
edifice
of my happiness fell in ruins.
4
On the other bank a new, white
edifice
towered in the rain.
5
Adjoining the south side of the
edifice
extended the enormous power plant.
6
The congregation was not proportioned to the size of the great
edifice
.
7
While the stone
edifice
was being erected the congregation occupied the Baptist
8
The church at Libertad is a great barn-like
edifice
,
with tiled roof.
9
The whole
edifice
was crowded with people of every walk in life.
10
He was returning to a flat in the dolorous
edifice
of civilisation.
11
The destruction of our
edifice
makes no essential change in our pursuits.
12
This
edifice
covered the entire width of one end of the plaza.
13
No hour-glass or warning clock was displayed in the bleak spare
edifice
.
14
This
edifice
stood on an elevation in a park outside the city.
15
The Zion Church long needed a larger representative
edifice
in this city.
16
It was demolished in 1868, to make room for the post-office
edifice
.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
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edifice
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
whole edifice
sacred edifice
great edifice
magnificent edifice
imposing edifice
More collocations
Translations for
edifice
Portuguese
casa
prédio
edifício
edifícios
Catalan
edifici
immoble
Spanish
inmueble
edificio
Edifice
through the time
Edifice
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common