Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun One, such as a person or firm, whose business is the construction of dwellings.
  • noun One who builds one's own home.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun someone who builds houses as a business.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person or company which builds houses

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who builds houses as a business
  • noun someone who builds houses as a business

Etymologies

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home + builder

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Examples

  • When she called the homebuilder, Ranchwood Homes LLC, about the air conditioning leak, someone was sent out to fix the problem.

    Merced Sun-Star: front 2009

  • Investors may wish to avoid a name like homebuilder

    unknown title 2011

  • Pulte's 6.5 percent notes due in 2016 paid 32 percent since April 8, compared with a 21 percent advance by shares of the largest U.S. homebuilder, which is based in Bloomfield, Michigan.

    SFGate: Top News Stories 2010

  • The homebuilder is the first to report results following the expiration of the homebuyer tax credit, which helped boost the housing market.

    CNN.com 2010

  • Pulte's 6.5 percent notes due in 2016 paid 32 percent since April, compared with a 14 percent advance by shares of the largest U.S. homebuilder, which is based in Bloomfield, Michigan.

    BusinessWeek.com -- 2010

  • Would you put the keyword "homebuilder" if you have already used the keyword "homebuilders"?

    Digital Point Forums 2009

  • Would you put the keyword "homebuilder" if you have already used the keyword "homebuilders"?

    Digital Point Forums 2009

  • Would you put the keyword "homebuilder" if you have already used the keyword "homebuilders"?

    Digital Point Forums dnoah 2009

  • Not long after, I was talking to another homebuilder, and he said something quite different: I love my work.

    The Law of Happiness Dr. Henry Cloud 2011

  • More Developments : Analysts React to Index Homebuilders are fretting about competition from foreclosures and other distressed properties as well as proposals to scale back government support for housing, said Bob Nielsen, a homebuilder from Reno, Nev., and the group's chairman.

    Foreclosures Weigh on Homebuilders' Outlook Alan Zibel 2011

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