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building code

building code noun: a mandatory set of rules on building design, construction, testing, inspection, and maintenance to protect public health, safety, and welfare.

building code: a mandatory set of rules on building design, construction, testing, inspection, and maintenance to...
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Noun

building code (plural building codes)

  1. A mandatory set of rules on building design, construction, testing, inspection, and maintenance to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
    • Malcolm the super glimpses Luisa and calls out, “Hey, Luisa! An uninvited guest ran up to your apartment twenty minutes ago!” But the noise of a drill drowns him out, he has a man from city all on the phone about building codes, and anyway, Luisa has already stepped into the elevator.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 120

building code meaning in Tamil

building code in Tamil

கட்டட விதிகள்

Forms of building code

pluralbuilding codes

Questions about building code

What does building code mean?
Building code means a mandatory set of rules on building design, construction, testing, inspection, and maintenance to protect public health, safety, and welfare.
What is building code in Tamil?
Building code in Tamil is கட்டட விதிகள். See Building code meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is building code?
Building code is a noun.
What is the plural of building code?
The plural of building code is building codes.

Words near building code in the dictionary

  1. building block
  2. building blocks
  3. building bridges
  4. building castles in the air
  5. building character
  6. building code
  7. building codes
  8. building down
  9. building envelope
  10. building envelopes
  11. building in

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