The Clue
Build a building (5 letter answer)
The Answer
ERECT
Tags
Notes
The answer ERECT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
Related Clues
Build
Construct
Establish
Lift
Pitch
Rear
Standing
Upright
Upstanding
Vertical
Not hunched
Not slouching
Posture-perfect
Put up
Set up
Stiff-backed
Straight up
Like Homo habilis
Like homo sapiens
T. S. Eliot's "Sweeney ___"
Definition
ERECT as a verb:
1. (raise, erect, rear, set up, put up) = construct, build, or erect; "Raise a barn"
2. (rear, erect) = cause to rise up
ERECT as an adjective:
1. (erect, vertical, upright) = upright in position or posture; "an erect stature"; "erect flower stalks"; "for a dog, an erect tail indicates aggression"; "a column still vertical amid the ruins"; "he sat bolt upright"
2. (tumid, erect) = of sexual organs; stiff and rigid