Usually means: Accumulation or increase over time.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. buildup: Merriam-Webster
  2. buildup: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buildup: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buildup: Vocabulary.com
  5. Buildup, buildup: Wordnik
  6. buildup: Wiktionary
  7. buildup: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. buildup (build-up): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. buildup: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. buildup: Dictionary.com
  11. buildup: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Buildup: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. buildup: Rhymezone
  14. buildup: FreeDictionary.org
  15. buildup: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. buildup: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buildup: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

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noun:  An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
noun:  (dentistry) The construction of a composite core to repair a damaged tooth.

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