built-up

[bilt-uhp]

adjective

1. built by the fastening together of several parts or enlarged by the addition of layers.

   This shoe has a built-up heel.

2. (of an area) filled in with houses, as an urban region.

built-up

adjective

1. having many buildings (esp in the phrase built-up area )

2. denoting a beam, girder, or stanchion constructed of sections welded, riveted, or bolted together, etc

3. increased by the addition of parts

   built-up heels

Word History and Origins

Origin of built-up¹

First recorded in 1820–30

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