built

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɪlt/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɪlt
• Rhymes: -ɪld

Adjective

built (not comparable)

1. (informal) well-built, muscular or toned.

   Wow! Your new boyfriend's really built.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:strapping or Thesaurus:voluptuous

Antonyms

• unbuilt

Related terms

• air-built
• asbuilt
• as built
• as-built
• built different
• built environment
• builtin
• built-in
• built-in function
• built-in obsolescence
• built-in type
• built like a brick outhouse
• built like a brick shipyard
• built like a shit brickhouse
• builtscape
• built up
• built-up
• built-up roof
• carvel-built
• clench-built
• clinch-built
• clincher-built
• clinker-built
• cloud-built
• coach-built, coachbuilt
• composite built
• custom-built
• fair-built
• half-built
• handbuilt
• homebuilt
• in-built
• jerry built
• jerry-built
• newbuilt
• nonbuilt
• prebuilt
• purpose-built
• scratch-built
• self-built
• stonebuilt
• student-built
• well built

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: rehecho (es), trepado (es) (of an animal)

Noun

built (plural builts)

1. (obsolete) Shape; build; form of structure.

   the built of a ship

   • 1764, Thomas Reid, Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense:

     The sailor sees the burthen, the built, and the distance of a ship at sea, while she is a great way off.

Related terms

• built in
• built like a brick shithouse
• built like a tank

Verb

built

1. simple past and past participle of build.

   Synonym: (archaic) builded

Anagrams

• bulti

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

built m

1. genitive singular of balt