built-up

adjective

peopled with settlers

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the built-up areas

• Similar to: ↑settled

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective

1. : made of several sections or layers fastened together

a built-up girder

built-up roofing

2. of a land area : having many buildings : covered with buildings

3. : thickened, enlarged

a built-up heel of a shoe

: piled higher by gradual accumulation

built-up slag

built-up land where the old town dump was

often : filled in : widened

a built-up neckline on her dress

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/bilt"up'/, adj.

1. built by the fastening together of several parts or enlarged by the addition of layers: This shoe has a built-up heel.

2. (of an area) filled in with houses, as an urban region.

[1820-30]

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builtˈ-up adjective

1. (of an area) covered with buildings

2. Raised by adding something to the underside

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Main Entry: ↑build

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built-up UK US adjective

a built-up area has a lot of buildings in it

This is the only built-up area on 500 miles of coastline.

Thesaurus: relating to towns and town planning_hyponym

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built-up «BIHLT UHP», adjective.

1. having many houses or other buildings; urban or suburban.

2. made up of separate parts or layers: »

built-up heels.

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adj.

1) (of an area) densely covered by houses or other buildings

2) increased in height by the addition of parts

shoes with built-up heels

■ (of a feeling) increasing in intensity over a period of time

built-up frustration

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/ˈbıltˈʌp/ adj [more \built-up; most \built-up]

: having many buildings in a small area

Many people left the more heavily built-up areas of the city and moved to the suburbs.

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ˌbuilt-ˈup [built-up] adjective usually before noun (especially BrE)

(of an area of land) covered in buildings, roads, etc

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to reduce the speed limit in built-up areas