6.5.3 Building materials

Use this domain for words related to the materials used to make a building.

OMC Codes:

339 Building Supplies Industries

Louw Nida Codes:

7H Building Materials

What materials are used to make a building?

rafter, pole, center pole, horizontal pole, pillar, roofing, tin sheet, thatch, leaf roof, shingle, brick, iron rod, mud, reed, wattle, paint, board, beam

What materials are used to make walls?

wood, brick, cement, plaster, drywall, mud and wattle, clay, cow dung, reinforcing sticks

What kinds of materials are used for bricks?

mud, clay, cement, straw, mortar, sun-dried, burned, fired, kiln-dried

What materials are used to paint a house?

paint, varnish, lacquer, whitewash

What materials are used to make a roof?

roofing material, tile roof, tile, tin roof, tin sheet, shingle, wooden shingle, asphalt shingle, shake, thatched roof, thatch, grass roof, grass, straw, palm leaf, sod, canvas (tent)

What materials are used to make a floor?

flooring, wooden floor, linoleum, tile floor, dirt floor, cement floor, cow dung

What materials are used to make doors and windows?

wood, glass, screen

What materials are used to make a foundation?

foundation stone, cornerstone

6.5.3.1 Building equipment and maintenance

Use this domain for words referring to the equipment and maintenance of a building.

OMC Codes:

350 Equipment and Maintenance of Buildings

358 Maintenance of Non-domestic Buildings

What words refer to taking care of a building?

maintain, maintenance

What words refer to a person who takes care of a building?

janitor

What words refer to the equipment used to take care of a building?

vacuum cleaner, broom, mop

What words describe a building that is in good condition?

solid, solidly built, sound,

What words describe a building that is not in good condition?

disrepair, derelict,

What words refer to a building falling down?

fall down, collapse, in ruins,

What words refer to repairing a building?

repair, restore, restoration, fix up,