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# builder

«builder» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a builder, builders)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A builder is a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other buildings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#m1)

2) A builder is anyone or anything that builds something, like a nest builder or a Lego builder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, builders work on houses, schools and roads, wearing hard hats and high-visibility jackets. In safety lessons, building sites are dangerous places to play: there are holes, machines and falling objects. In stories and songs, like «Bob the Builder», builders fix and make things. Phrases: «a team of builders», «confidence builder».

### examples

- The builders are putting a new roof on the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#x1)
- My uncle is a builder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#x2)
- Builders wear hard hats to protect their heads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#x3)
- Never play on a building site. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#x4)
- Beavers are great builders of dams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#x5)
- The builder mixed cement for the wall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#x6)
- She is a brilliant Lego builder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#x7)
- Sports can be a good confidence builder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#x8)
- I should prefer to be a builder at once, there is something real in that. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/#x9)

### note

Countable. Spelling: «builder» with «ui» (build, built, builder). In maths problems, builders often appear in work and time questions: if 2 builders take 10 days, more builders usually take fewer days.

### In the corpora

- [Following instructions is a real skill, and builders learn tricks from sets that they later use in their own models.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/8/)
- [A missing piece rarely ruins a model: builders swap in another brick, and single pieces can be ordered.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/11/)
- [An architect designs a building and works with engineers; builders, electricians, plumbers and many others build it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/34-buildings-and-architecture/15/)
- [Its hollow stems with solid joints are strong and light, so Hong Kong builders still tie bamboo poles into scaffolding round skyscrapers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/1/)
- [Builders in Hong Kong still use bamboo scaffolding tied with plastic strips, though more and more metal scaffolding is used there too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/380-china-s-plants-bamboo-ginkgo-lotus-tea-and-rice-paddies/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «builder» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/builder/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.