Thesaurus results for EDIFICE

edifice

noun

ˈe-də-fəs

Definition of edifice

as in tower

a large, magnificent, or massive building the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices

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as in building

something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch

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as in structure

the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form the edifice of the argument is quite simple, once you get past the fancy language

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Recent Examples of edifice Klepach’s criticism was a modest gesture of public dissent against an edifice of power that remains more than formidable. — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026 Peter Zumthor’s design hoists a serpentine platform atop pavilions that read like stout, truncated legs, making the edifice almost creaturely in its architectural stance. — George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 To achieve freedom, then, is to escape character, and with it the whole edifice of novelistic contrivance. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026 Built in 1829 as a seminary, the Colonial-style edifice went on to become a country club, then faculty housing for nearby Bennington College, and later a private home, remaining in the same family’s care for some six decades. — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 13 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for edifice

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Noun

The Club, a 43-story tower classified as a multi-family residential condo, does not have a Certificate of Use to run as a condo-hotel, an omission first revealed by the Miami Herald.

— Linda Robertson Updated October 22, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Galleria West will have three towers with a total of 1,163 residential units, including 690 market-rate residences and 473 workforce housing units.

— Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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As an open source scripting language for building dynamic websites and web apps, PHP has come to be a de facto building block for the Web.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
In the Bucha district, one woman was killed and 21 people were wounded, eight of them children, while hundreds of buildings were damaged, according to police.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of building

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By adjusting the distance between the tips, the team could stretch or compress the molecular structure, changing the voltage at which the current enhancement began.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
The company describes its structure as an inverted pyramid, with store workers at the top.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of structure

Noun

San Telmo’s historic atmosphere and renowned vintage shopping scene will keep your itinerary packed, while Montserrat’s proximity to landmarks (like the cathedral and cabildo) is ideal.

— Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
Seeking sense to her loveless existence, at least in the novel Ana attracts the predatorial lust of Magistral Fermín de Pas, her sensual confessor at La Vetusta cathedral, as well as the attentions of local Don Juan Álvaro Mejías.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of cathedral

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The winning architecture is a stack of narrow intelligences pointed at what each one is good at, coordinated through a harness that knows which one to use when.

— Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
With its combination of clean, minimalist design and travertine details that reference Roman architecture, the space aims to convey that dialogue between the brand and the city.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of architecture

Noun

The parties agreed to a framework for an agreement in May that required everyone who filed a claim to sign off.

— John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Models reveal substantially higher PFAS estimates To investigate the missing concentrations, the researchers developed a statistical framework that accounts for results below laboratory reporting limits.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

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