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Synonyms for erection
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-rek-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɛk ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for erection Other synonyms for the word erection
- accomplishment
- adjustment
- arrangement
- assemblage
- assembling
- assembly
- attachment
- build
- building
- cage
- cairn
- cast
- casting
- cenotaph
- collection
- column
- commemoration
- completion
- composing
- composition
- conception
- connecting
- constitution
- construction
- contour
- creation
- cut
- disposition
- doing
- domicile
- elevation
- erecting
- erection
- fabric
- fabricating
- fabrication
- figuration
- figure
- finishing
- fitting together
- footstone
- forging
- form
- format
- formation
- foundation
- framework
- habitation
- improvisation
- invention
- joining
- ledger
- magnum opus
- makeup
- making
- manufacture
- manufacturing
- mass-production
- mausoleum
- memento
- modeling
- mold
- molding
- monolith
- monument
- obelisk
- origination
- outline
- piecing together
- pile
- pile of bricks
- pillar
- plan
- planning
- prefab
- prefabrication
- preparing
- produce
- product
- production
- putting up
- raising
- rearing
- record
- reminder
- roadwork
- rockpile
- setting up
- shape
- shaping
- shrine
- skyscraper
- slab
- statue
- stele
- stone
- structure
- superstructure
- system
- systematization
- tablet
- testament
- token
- tomb
- tombstone
- tooling
- tower
- towers
- tribute
- turn
- type
- welding
- witness
- ziggurat
Définition of erection
Origin :- mid-15c., "establishment; advancement," from Late Latin erectionem (nominative erectio), noun of action from past participle stem of erigere (see erect (adj.)). Meaning "the putting up" (of a building, etc.), "stiffening of the penis" are both from 1590s.
- As in manufacture/manufacturing : noun production of processed goods
- As in monument : noun memorial, remembrance
- As in assembly : noun putting together
- As in structure : noun building
- As in manufacturing : noun production
- As in building : noun constructed dwelling
- As in construction : noun creation, building
- As in edifice : noun structure
- As in fabrication : noun something manufactured
- On the erection of Cuyahoga county, he was its first auditor.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- Its erection was an attempt to steal absolution for the sins of its citizens.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The date of its erection was about the middle of the sixteenth century.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- And then we were occupied with the erection of the shanty, as already described.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- Plans were out for the erection of flats in Magnolia Road also.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- The empress had entrusted Rinaldi, the architect, with the erection.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Hence there could be none of that wealth which has caused the erection of these buildings.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Cotton Plant » by Frederick Wilkinson
- It may be that you are contemplating the erection of shelves for your books?
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
- At once Gunnell and Blagrove set about the erection of their playhouse.
- Extract from : « Shakespearean Playhouses » by Joseph Quincy Adams
- He had not gone far when he had to pass a new building in process of erection.
- Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
Antonyms for erection
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