One entry found for edifice.

Entry Word: edifice
Function: noun
Text: 1 a large, magnificent, or massive building <the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices>
Synonyms hall, palace, tower
Related Words construction, erection, structure; castle, château, estate, manor, mansion, villa; mausoleum, memorial, monument
2 something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity <the first edifices built by the colonists were primitive huts with walls of dried mud and roofs covered with thatch> -- see BUILDING