building

A thin projecting course of brickwork or stone that runs horizontally around a building, typically to emphasize the junction between floors.

A retreat, or place of habitual resort.

To dress (stone) with a pick or pointed instrument.

A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.

A screw designed for a wood or a similar material, with a point, a relatively coarse thread, a thick shank, and, usually, an unthreaded portion of the shank at the head end.

To accommodate in beds.

An ornamental finish, such as a moulding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling.

A small civilian settlement outside a Roman fort.

A building or gallery in which works of art are collected, displayed, and offered for sale.

A place of seclusion or privacy; a retreat.

To renovate or to convert to a different use, particularly houses, offices, or rooms within them.

A backbox.

A mill powered by water.

A type of fortification structure which allows firing along the bottom of a dry moat that surrounds the main fortress.

The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.

A hall.

In a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.

A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.

To work or hew (stone, etc.).