construction

noun10

1. •
   the process of making a building or another large thing by putting parts together

   • Construction is underway on the new bridge.
2. •
   The trade of building structures.

   • He had worked in construction all his life.
3. •
   Anything that has been constructed.

   • The engineer marvelled at his construction.
4. •
   A building, model or some other structure.

   • The office was a construction of steel and glass.
5. •
   A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.

   • "Construction in string and clockwork" took first prize.
6. •
   The manner in which something is built.

   • A thing of simple construction.
7. •
   A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. •
   The act or result of construing the meaning of something.

   • American conservatives tend to favor strict construction of the Constitution.
9. •
   The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.

   • He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have. — 1992
10. •
    A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.