- having many buildings (esp in the phrase built-up area)
- increased by the addition of parts: built-up heels
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ˈbuilt-ˈup,
adj. [usually: before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- built by the fastening together of several parts:a shoe with a built-up heel.
- (of an area) filled in with houses:In built-up areas the speed limit is 50 m.p.h.
built-up
(bilt′up′),USA pronunciation adj.
- built by the fastening together of several parts or enlarged by the addition of layers:This shoe has a built-up heel.
- (of an area) filled in with houses, as an urban region.
- 1820–30
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built-up adj
'built-up' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ambrose
- Ashley
- avenue
- buffer stock
- build up
- frame
- Matthias I Corvinus
- Northcliffe
- sandbar
- seafront
- shield volcano
- speed bump
- urban area
- associationism
- box beam
- built-up mast
- built-up roof
- community chest
- cradle
- culture
- folkways
- fugue
- haystack
- infill
- landfill
- lost-wax process
- made mast
- natural levee
- plate girder
- rise
- ski jump
- spatter cone
- static electricity