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单词 homebuilding
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homebuildingn.

Brit. /ˈhəʊmˌbɪldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌbɪldɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.1, building n.
Etymology: < home n.1 + building n.
The action or industry of building a home or homes; house-building. Also: = homemaking n.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management
housewifeship?c1225
cove and keyc1250
husbandryc1300
economica1393
ménagea1393
householda1398
householdinga1425
housewifery1440
economyc1454
economics1535
house rule1579
householdry1581
managery1586
housekeeping1652
household management1741
notability1756
homebuilding1757
domestic economy1778
Wirtschaft1841
homekeeping1846
housecraft1848
homemaking1863
home economics1872
home science1886
household science1896
domestic science1897
society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > [noun] > building or constructing houses
housingc1400
housebuilding1560
homebuilding1757
1757 M. Postlethwayt Britain's Commerc. Interest I. vii. 172 All the timber we stand in need of for home building.
1832 T. Willcocks Hist. Russia vii. 40 A market..exhibits a curious variety of materials for home building.
1878 Phrenol. Jrnl. Dec. 295/1 Many girls..are engaged (or ought to be, if married) in learning the art of home-building.
1928 Garden & Home Builder Jan. 403/2 There are a number of legitimate participants in this great game of home building who are satisfied with a fair profit.
1968 Changing Times Dec. 7/1 The figures that show home-building trends are based on ‘housing starts’.
1994 M. Brinkley Housebuilder's Bible (ed. 5) vii. 80/2 It's an American way of homebuilding that can best be described as timber frame without the timber.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

homebuildingadj.

Brit. /ˈhəʊmˌbɪldɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhoʊmˌbɪldɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: home n.1, building adj.
Etymology: < home n.1 + building adj. Compare earlier homebuilding n.
That builds a home or homes. Also: that is a homemaker (homemaker n. 1).
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society > authority > control > person in control > [adjective] > of or relating to manager > skilled in household management
housewifely1526
stewardly1746
homebuilding1825
1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 112 The home-building, wedded, and divorceless Swallow.
1888 J. Mooso Life & Trav. xxxiii. 376 The establishment of homes and farms..will in time make home-loving and home-building people of these roving bands of the prairie.
1901 Cent. Mag. Dec. 204/1 There was still a vast world without weeds, where the soil was virgin, where one might be uncrowded by the touch of home-building man.
2009 Intelligencer Jrnl. (Lancaster, Pa.) (Nexis) 21 Feb. a1 Having grown up in a homebuilding family and done construction work himself, Pusey thought he knew what to look for in buying the house.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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