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built-up
[bilt-uhp]
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.
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 parts
built-up heels
Word History and Origins
Origin of built-up1
Example Sentences
Indeed, by that point, the Dodgers had already indicated that Ohtani wouldn’t need to be fully built-up to return to game action.
"When you convert lakes - which traditionally act as flood buffers - into built-up areas, the water has nowhere to go. So, what we're seeing in Bengaluru today is the result of poor urban planning."
Valerie Banner, 81, from Gloucester, said 30mph in a built-up area was too fast and she was "all for slowing down".
The anguish that erupts during this “Rose’s Turn” represents more than the built-up sorrow of one embittered woman.
The retired police officer's treasure trove was built-up over the past 20 years, amassed from timepieces discarded by others.
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