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buildups

buildups is the plural 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

Questions about buildups

What is buildups the plural of?
Buildups is the plural of buildup.

Words near buildups in the dictionary

  1. builds out
  2. builds the plane while flying it
  3. builds up
  4. builds upon
  5. buildup
  6. buildups
  7. Buildwas
  8. built
  9. built a better mousetrap
  10. built a case
  11. built air castles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buildups (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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