HOUSE-RAISING
Dictionary entry overview: What does house-raising mean? • HOUSE-RAISING (noun)
The noun HOUSE-RAISING has 1 sense:
1. construction by a group of neighbors
Familiarity information: HOUSE-RAISING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOUSE-RAISING (noun)
Meaning:
Construction by a group of neighbors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("house-raising" is a kind of...):
building; construction (the act of constructing something)
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