builder

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
  2. noun a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
  3. noun someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)

Etymology

From Middle English byldere, buyldere, from bylden + -er. By surface analysis, build + -er. Compare Old English bylda, bytla (“hammerer, builder”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

detergent builder

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