Noun
building site (plural building sites)
- (construction) The site, the place where a building is located, is currently under construction, or shall be constructed (including structures other than buildings).
2020 April 8, “Network News: Crossrail heads the construction projects placed on hold”, in Rail, page 13:Amid confusion over whether it was appropriate for any building sites to remain open, Cabinet Minister Michael Gove said some construction workers could continue to work but that they should "exercise some common sense" and continue to practise social distancing.
- (archaeology) The site of a former structure, indicated by an assemblage of features, artifacts or debris, remote-sensing data, or historic records (e.g., deed records).
- (figuratively) A messy, disorganized area.
Translations
place where a building is located, under construction, or will be erected
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 施工重地 (shīgōng zhòngdì), 建築工地/建筑工地 (jiànzhù gōngdì), 工地 (zh) (gōngdì)
- Danish: byggeplads (da)
- Finnish: rakennuspaikka; rakennustyömaa (fi) (construction site)
- French: chantier (fr) m
- German: Baustelle (de) f
- Greek: εργοτάξιο (el) n (ergotáxio), οικοδομή (el) f (oikodomí), γιαπί (el) n (giapí)
- Hungarian: építési terület
- Interlingua: sito de construction
- Italian: cantiere (it)
- Luxembourgish: Schantjen m, Chantier m
- Macedonian: градилиште n (gradilište)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: byggeplass (no) m
- Nynorsk: byggeplass m, byggjeplass m
- Polish: plac budowy (pl) m, budowa (pl) f
- Portuguese: canteiro de obras
- Romanian: șantier (ro) n
- Russian: строи́тельная площа́дка f (stroítelʹnaja ploščádka), стройплоща́дка (ru) f (strojploščádka)
- Spanish: obra (es) f
- Swedish: anlägg (sv) n, bygge (sv) n, byggarbetsplats (sv) c, nybygge (sv) n
- Turkish: şantiye (tr)
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messy, disorganized area
- Chinese:
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- Finnish: rakennustyömaa (fi)
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- Swedish: röra (sv)
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