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Noun: builder  bil-du(r)
  1. A substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action
    "Phosphates were once widely used as detergent builders";
    - detergent builder
     
  2. Someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building)
    "The builder oversaw every aspect of the skyscraper's development";
    - constructor
     
  3. A person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country
    "empire builder"

Derived forms: builders

Type of: contractor, creator, material, stuff

Encyclopedia: Builder