edifice

/ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

new, white, whole

VERB + EDIFICE

built, stunning

EDIFICE + NOUN

mosque, ptolemy, theatre

PREP.

ADV.

carefully

noun

A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.

An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.

The real difficulty was moral, not intellectual. Was the whole edifice of Ptolemy to be destroyed?

With a great thump on the table, Poirot demolished his carefully built up edifice.

noun — a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or les

The real difficulty was moral, not intellectual. Was the whole edifice of Ptolemy to be destroyed?

Wiktionary

With a great thump on the table, Poirot demolished his carefully built up edifice.

Wiktionary

The new edifice of the theatre looks very splendid.

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This edifice is a mosque.

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Thousands of laborers and craftsmen toiled for 22 years to craft the stunning white marble edifice.

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Marriage is an edifice that has to be rebuilt every day.

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