Usually means: Accumulated or constructed in layers.
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  1. built-up: Merriam-Webster
  2. built-up: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. built-up: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. built-up, built-up: Collins English Dictionary
  5. built-up: Vocabulary.com
  6. Built-up, built-up: Wordnik
  7. built-up: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. built-up: Wiktionary
  9. built-up: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. built-up: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. built-up: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. built-up: Dictionary.com
  13. built-up: Rhymezone
  14. built-up: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. built-up: FreeDictionary.org
  16. built-up: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. built-up: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. built-up: Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Made of sections or layers, one on top of the other.
adjective:  Having increased in size, quantity, or intensity over time; accumulated.
adjective:  Constructed or enhanced.
adjective:  (of an area of land) Having buildings, especially having residences and high population density.
adjective:  (British) (of an area of land) Having street lights and therefore subject to a 30 mph speed limit.
adjective:  (Europe) (of an area of land) Having specific traffic signaling and therefore usually subject to a maximum 50 km/h speed limit.

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