building material meaning

Definition of building material

1. material used for constructing buildings

   Type of: artifact

   Kinds: brick, building block, stone, bricks and mortar, cement, concrete, covering material, fencing material, flooring, gunite, insulant, lath and plaster

building material in a sentence

• Building materials can include tiles, carpet, blinds and tools.
• Building materials are expensive now.
• Wood is a sustainable building material.
• Tom works for a company that sells building materials.
• Algeria produces building materials.

How to pronounce building material

building material is pronounced /ˈbɪldɪŋ məˈtɪərɪəl/ in British English and /ˈbɪldɪŋ məˈtɪriəl/ in American English. It has 6 syllables.