BUILT-UP


Meaning of BUILT-UP in English

adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a built-up area (= with a lot of buildings close together )

New development will not be allowed outside the existing built-up area.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

area

Try to see five miles ahead on a country road and at least two to three hundred yards in a built-up area .

Under normal circumstances barred owls do not frequent built-up areas .

On passage, and sometimes in winter, Water Rails may occur in built-up areas .

In built-up areas , the problem is cars and street lights.

If parking is difficult in a built-up area it may be better to go by public transport.

Councils can also infill existing built-up areas and revitalise inner urban areas.

At each period new houses and streets have been added on the margins of the built-up area .

In built-up areas , for example, special slow-reacting catalytic surfaces will automatically enforce the speed limit.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

He tugs one leg up and examines the built-up shoe.

In built-up areas, the problem is cars and street lights.

It gathered speed and raced towards the built-up complexes.

On passage, and sometimes in winter, Water Rails may occur in built-up areas.

She garnished her built-up Trifle with strips of bright currant jelly, crystallised sweetmeats or flowers.

The closed, trusting eyes were surrounded by scars and small mounds of built-up skin.

Try to see five miles ahead on a country road and at least two to three hundred yards in a built-up area.

Under normal circumstances barred owls do not frequent built-up areas.

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