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facadectomy

facadectomy noun: the retention of a building's facade for use in a new construction after the rest of the original building is demolished.

Noun

facadectomy (plural facadectomies)

  1. The retention of a building's facade for use in a new construction after the rest of the original building is demolished.
  2. The removal and replacement of a building's facade.

Forms of facadectomy

pluralfacadectomies

Origin of facadectomy

From facade + -ectomy.

Words that rhyme with facadectomy

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Questions about facadectomy

What does facadectomy mean?
Facadectomy means the retention of a building's facade for use in a new construction after the rest of the original building is demolished.
What part of speech is facadectomy?
Facadectomy is a noun.
What is the plural of facadectomy?
The plural of facadectomy is facadectomies.

Words near facadectomy in the dictionary

  1. facadal
  2. facade
  3. facade pattern
  4. facade patterns
  5. facadectomies
  6. facadectomy
  7. facaded
  8. facades
  9. facading
  10. facadism
  11. Facchinello

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