built-up

[ bilt-uhp ]

/ ˈbɪltˌʌp /

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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.

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Origin of built-up

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby built-up

buildup, built, built cane, built-in, built-in obsolescence, built-up, built-up roof, Buisson, Buitenzorg, Bujumbura, Bukavu

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How to use built-up in a sentence

“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
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In that photo, Merabet has a big smile that spreads across his whole face and lights up his eyes.
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His life as a man is built around health insurance and tax services.
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We won't find out this season, though it comes up occasionally.
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Kickstarter is one start-up platform that seems to have realized the danger.
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What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
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Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
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Some weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
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In less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
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The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
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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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built-up

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