built-upadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˌbɪltˈʌp/us/ˌbɪltˈʌp/A built-up area is one where there are a lot of buildings.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Towns & regions: areas in towns & cities
- arrondissement
- backstreets
- barrio
- botanic garden
- concrete jungle
- council estate
- dormitory suburb
- estate
- exurb
- ghetto
- housing estate
- inner city
- precinct
- red-light district
- slum
- Speakers' Corner
- suburbia
- the outskirts
- town
- trading estate
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Examples from literature
- Fortunately, it's a locality of forested mountains and valley farms, rather than a built-up industrial district.
- I walked the length of the built-up waterfront.
- The stretch cut through by the Birmingham railway is the most thickly built-up and the worst.