built area

  • 1built-up — adj a built up area has a lot of buildings and not many open spaces ▪ He was fined for speeding in a built up area …

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  • 2built-up — adjective a built up area has many buildings in it: This is the only built up area on 500 miles of coastline …

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  • 3area — ar‧e‧a [ˈeəriə ǁ ˈeriə] noun [countable] 1. a part of a city or country: • What area of Bristol do you live in? • the New York metropolitan area (= New York city and the area around it ) asˌsisted ˈarea …

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  • 4Area Signalling Centre — (ASC) is a British term used to describe a modern railway signal box that controls a large area. Alternative names include Signalling Centre (SC), Signalling Control Centre (SCC) and Power Signal Box (PSB). A typical Signalling Centre may have… …

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  • 5Area 71 — is the unofficial title for Wal Mart s 125,000 square foot datacenter which is located in Caverna, Missouri right across state lines from Arkansas. The datacenter has a supposed capacity of over 460 terabytes of data, or 460,000,000,000,000 bytes …

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  • 6built environment — UK US noun [C] PROPERTY ► an area where there are a lot of buildings: »The city took on the challenge to raise the quality of the built environment. »the need for harmony between the built environment and the natural world …

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  • 7built-up — built′ up′ adj. 1) built by the fastening together of several parts or enlarged by the addition of layers: a shoe with a built up heel[/ex] 2) (of an area) filled in with houses • Etymology: 1820–30 …

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  • 8built-up — [bilt′up′] adj. 1. made higher, stronger, larger, etc. by the addition of parts [built up heels] 2. having many buildings on it: said of an area …

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  • 9built-up area — area with many buildings, congested area …

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  • 10built-up — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of an area) densely covered by buildings …

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