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building codes

building codes is the plural of building code.

Meaning of building code

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

Questions about building codes

What is building codes the plural of?
Building codes is the plural of building code.

Words near building codes in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: building codes (page history and authors); building code (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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