constructionaladj.
/kənˈstrʌkʃənəl/ 1.
a. Of or pertaining to construction.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [adjective]
architectonical1608
architective1611
tectonic1656
architectonic1678
edificial1794
structural1801
constructive1817
constructional1870
1870 F. R. Wilson Archit. Surv. Churches Lindisfarne 70 The only evidences are constructional and sculpturesque.
1881 T. Hardy Laodicean III. v. xii. 157 Mere constructional superintendence was all that he had deputed.
b. spec. Pertaining to or engaged in the manufacture of structural iron or steel.
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society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with metal > [adjective] > iron-working > structural iron or steel
constructional1894
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > iron > [adjective] > other types of iron
twopenny1858
constructional1894
Armco1914
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > steel > [adjective] > other types of steel
blistered1744
pinny1789
roky1889
constructional1894
rimming1926
1894 Daily News 5 Mar. 2/7 Most of the steel-works are well engaged, more particularly on constructional work.
1894 Daily News 24 Sept. 2/7 The recent distribution of large railway orders in the district has caused constructional iron to be in good request.
1897 Daily News 14 June 7/2 The constructional engineers.
1900 Daily News 3 Dec. 2/7 Ironfounders and constructional engineers.
1924 Times Trade & Engin. Suppl. 29 Nov. 242/2 Constructional steel contracts come out regularly.
2. Belonging to the original structure or design; structural.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [adjective]
structural1831
constructional1859
constructive1865
1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vi. 80 The chief constructional portions of the church are ‘early pointed’.
1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. vi. 219 If a gallery were in any case admissible, it must be a constructional one, and not one of those wretched scaffoldings on cast iron pillars or brackets.
3. Of, pertaining to, or dependent upon interpretation of phraseology or intention.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [adjective]
interpretable1649
construable1657
well-constructed1657
constructivea1680
constructional1737
1737 D. Waterland Rev. Doctr. Eucharist 40 (T.) The nature of symbolical grants, and constructional conveyances.
1839 New Monthly Mag. 56 455 Nor can this be considered as a quibble, a constructional possession.
4. In theatrical scenery, characterized by ‘construction’.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [adjective] > relating to scenery > type of scenery
practicable1837
practical1894
constructional1924
1924 H. Carter New Theatre Soviet Russia 73 A development of the constructional scenery appeared in the next production.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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