built-up

[bilt-uhp]

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adjective

built by the fastening together of several parts or enlarged by the addition of layers: This shoe has a built-up heel.
(of an area) filled in with houses, as an urban region.

Origin of built-up

First recorded in 1820–30

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Related Words for built-up

fortified, strengthened, assisted, augmented, backed, braced, banded, stiffened, bolstered, built-up

Examples from the Web for built-up

Historical Examples of built-up

The construction of hulls on the built-up principle will be described first.
Boys' Book of Model Boats
Raymond Francis Yates
Aren't there any dungeons or built-up skeletons or secret hiding-places?
A harum-scarum schoolgirl
Angela Brazil
Why, it must be a temple,” I said, “and that built-up place was the altar.
Charge!
George Manville Fenn
What rules should be observed in designing a built-up or carved design?
Industrial Arts Design
William H. Varnum
Arms or Branches.Width of nib at start, and built-up at free end.
Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering
Edward Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for built-up

built-up

adjective

having many buildings (esp in the phrase built-up area)
denoting a beam, girder, or stanchion constructed of sections welded, riveted, or bolted together, etc
increased by the addition of partsbuilt-up heels

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