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build-up

build-up is the alternative form of buildup.

Meaning of buildup

Noun

buildup (countable and uncountable, plural buildups)

  1. An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
    • Snow buildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.
  2. The construction of a composite core to repair a damaged tooth.
    • Blocking undercuts out with bonded flowable composite is an option, but the time involved doing a buildup, plus the additional complication to provisionalize, make this option less desirable (Figure 6.19e).2017, Jose-Luis Ruiz, Supra-Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry, page 103

Forms of build-up

pluralbuild-ups

Origin of build-up

Deverbal from build up.

Questions about build-up

What is build-up the alternative form of?
Build-up is the alternative form of buildup.

Words near build-up in the dictionary

  1. build upon
  2. Build, Build, Build
  3. build-to
  4. build-to-order
  5. build-tos
  6. build-up
  7. build-ups
  8. buildability
  9. buildable
  10. builddown
  11. builddowns

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Adapted from Wiktionary: build-up (page history and authors); buildup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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