6.5.1 Building

Use this domain for words related to buildings and other large structures that people build.

OMC Codes: 
340 Structures
344 Public Structures
345 Recreational Structures
346 Religious and Educational Structures
347 Business Structures
348 Industrial Structures
349 Miscellaneous Structures
Louw Nida Codes: 
7B Buildings
7D Open Constructions
  • What types of buildings are there?
    building, structure, construction, kitchen house, bathhouse, outhouse, latrine, outbuilding, bank, elevator, gallery, garage, gazebo, hospital, library, lighthouse, mausoleum, museum, outbuilding, observatory, pavilion, pyramid, rotunda, skyscraper, tabernacle, tower,
  • What kinds of buildings are used by animals?
    barn, shed, hen house, coop, kennel, pound, doghouse, stable,
  • What kinds of buildings are used for work and to make things?
    office, factory, shop, laboratory, plant, greenhouse,
  • What kinds of buildings are used to store things?
    barn, granary, grain silo, warehouse, storehouse, safe, shed, treasury,
  • What kinds of buildings are used to sell things?
    store, shop, shopping center, mall, kiosk, supermarket,
  • What kinds of buildings are used by the government?
    courthouse, Parliament house, government headquarters, castle, palace,
  • What kinds of buildings are used by the police?
    police station, jail, prison, jailhouse, cell,
  • What kinds of buildings are used by the military?
    military base, guardhouse, barracks, fort, blockhouse, bomb shelter, watchtower, lookout, bunker,
  • What kinds of buildings are used by travelers?
    station, railroad station, bus station, gas station, petrol station, rest area, parking lot
  • What kinds of buildings are used by travelers for sleeping?
    hotel, motel, inn, hostel, lodge,
  • What kinds of buildings are used by travelers for eating?
    restaurant, bar, pub, tavern,
  • What kinds of buildings are found at airports?
    hangar, control tower, terminal,
  • What kinds of buildings are used for meetings?
    assembly hall, auditorium, center, hall, community center,
  • What kinds of buildings are used for watching games and shows?
    theater, cinema, stadium, amphitheater, arena, ballpark, bullring, coliseum, racetrack, hippodrome,
  • What kinds of buildings are used for schools?
    school, schoolhouse, university, library, dormitory, conservatory,
  • What kinds of buildings are used in religion?
    church, synagogue, mosque, temple, shrine, cathedral, monastery, convent, cloister, nunnery, abbey, chapel, parsonage, sanctuary, basilica, pagoda, tabernacle,
  • What kinds of buildings are made to remind people of something or someone?
    monument, megalith, mound, obelisk, ziggurat,
  • What words describe different kinds of buildings?
    enclosed, open, multi-story, high-rise,

    • 6.5.1.1 House

    Use this domain for general words referring to a house where people live.

  • What general words refer to a house where people live?
    dwelling, house, home, abode, habitation, residence, homestead, settlement, compound, place
  • What kinds of houses are there?
    bungalow, mansion, duplex, apartment
  • What words refer to a description of the location of a house?
    address
  • What words refer to the inside of a house?
    inside, indoors, indoor, interior

    • 6.5.1.2 Types of houses

    Use this domain for words referring to types of houses.

    OMC Codes: 
    342 Dwellings
    343 Outbuildings
  • What types of houses are there?
    rectangular, round, one story, two story, duplex, bungalow, apartment, apartment building, flat, duplex, ranch style, mansion, castle, man's house, wife's house,
  • What is a very good house called?
    palace, mansion, sprawling (place)
  • What is a very bad house called?
    dump, run down place, shack, hut, log cabin
  • What is a temporary house called?
    tent, shelter, hut, camp
  • What other buildings are associated with the house and built next to it?
    outhouse, bunkhouse, garage, shed, barn

    • 6.5.1.3 Land, property

    Use this domain for words related to land that a person owns or the land on which a house is built.

  • What words refer to the land that a person owns?
    land, property, piece of property, plot, section, estate, site, building site
  • What words refer to the boundary of a piece of property?
    property line, boundary marker
  • What words refer to going onto someone's property without permission?
    trespass, trespasser
  • What words refer to the person who owns the land?
    landowner, landlord, owner
  • What words refer to a person who sells land?
    real estate agent
  • What words refer to the official document that shows who owns the land?
    title, deed

    • 6.5.1.4 Yard

    Use this domain for words referring to the outside of a house, the area around a house, a barrier separating one house from another, and the entryway to the area around a house.

    Related domains: 
    8.5.1.4.1 Out, outside
    OMC Codes: 
    351 Grounds
  • What words refer to the area around a building?
    premises, grounds, compound,
  • What words refer to the area around a house?
    yard, front yard, back yard, patio, courtyard, garden, driveway, sidewalk, outside,

    • 6.5.1.5 Fence, wall

    Use this domain for words referring to a fence, wall, hedge, or other barrier separating one house from another, and a gate or entryway through a fence or wall.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    7F Walls and Fences
  • What words refer to a fence or wall?
    wall, fence, hedge
  • What words refer to a gate?
    gate, gateway, entrance,
  • What words refer to an area that has a fence around it?
    enclosure,
  • What words describe an area that has a fence around it?
    walled, enclosed,