1) wall. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...1. An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming...
2) 635. Materials. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
... NOUN: MATERIAL, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; ore. [BUILDING MATERIAL] marble, granite, limestone, freestone, sandstone, brown stone; stone, metal, brick,...
3) staff 2. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...A building material of plaster and fiber used as an exterior wall covering of temporary buildings, as at expositions. Perhaps from German Stoff, stuff....
4) fiberboard. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A building material composed of wood chips or plant fibers bonded together and compressed into rigid sheets....
5) brownstone. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A brownish-red sandstone used as a building material. 2. A house built or faced with brownish-red sandstone....
6) beaverboard. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A light, semirigid building material of compressed wood pulp, used for walls and partitions. Originally a trademark....
7) building block. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A block used as a building material, especially a cinder block. 2. A small wooden or plastic cube used as a building toy. 3. A basic element or part of something:...
8) timber. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...1a. Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood. b. Wood used as a building material; lumber. 2a. A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure....
9) wattle and daub. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A building material consisting of interwoven rods and laths or twigs plastered with mud or clay, used especially in the construction of simple dwellings or as an...
10) fieldstone. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A stone occurring naturally in fields, often used as a building material....
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