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• butchery, abattoir, shambles, slaughterhouse go
  a building where animals are butchered
  
• apartment building, apartment house go
  a building that is divided into apartments
  
• architecture go
  an architectural product or work
  
• aviary, bird sanctuary, volary go
  a building where birds are kept
  
• bathhouse, bathing machine go
  a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
  
• bowling alley go
  a building that contains several alleys for bowling
  
• center, centre go
  a building dedicated to a particular activity
  
• chapterhouse go
  a building attached to a monastery or cathedral
  
• club, clubhouse go
  a building that is occupied by a social club
  
• hall, dormitory, dorm, residence hall, student residence go
  a college or university building containing living quarters for students
  
• farm building go
  a building on a farm
  
• feedlot go
  a building where livestock are fattened for market
  
• firetrap go
  a building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire
  
• gambling house, gambling den, gambling hell, gaming house go
  a public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business)
  
• gazebo, summerhouse go
  a small roofed building affording shade and rest
  
• government building go
  a building that houses a branch of government
  
• greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse go
  a building with glass walls and roof
  
• hall go
  a large building for meetings or entertainment
  
• hall go
  a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research
  
• Hall of Fame go
  a building containing trophies honoring famous people
  
• hotel go
  a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
  
• hotel-casino, casino-hotel go
  a building that houses both a hotel and a casino
  
• house go
  a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families
  
• house go
  a building in which something is sheltered or located
  
• library go
  a building that houses a collection of books and other materials
  
• medical building, health facility, healthcare facility go
  building where medicine is practiced
  
• ministry go
  building where the business of a government department is transacted
  
• morgue, mortuary, dead room go
  a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
  
• observatory go
  a building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena
  
• office building, office block go
  a building containing offices where work is done
  
• opium den go
  a building where opium is sold and used
  
• outbuilding go
  a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building
  
• packinghouse go
  a building where foodstuffs are processed and packed
  
• place of worship, house of prayer, house of God, house of worship go
  any building where congregations gather for prayer
  
• planetarium go
  a building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling
  
• presbytery go
  building reserved for the officiating clergy
  
• restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery go
  a building where people go to eat
  
• rest house go
  a building used for shelter by travelers (especially in areas where there are no hotels)
  
• rink, skating rink go
  building that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating
  
• Roman building go
  a building constructed by the ancient Romans
  
• rotunda go
  a building having a circular plan and a dome
  
• ruin go
  a ruined building
  
• school, schoolhouse go
  a building where young people receive education
  
• shooting gallery go
  a building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin
  
• signal box, signal tower go
  a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains
  
• skyscraper go
  a very tall building with many stories
  
• student union go
  a building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body
  
• tavern, tap house go
  a building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks
  
• telecom hotel, telco building go
  a building that houses telecommunications equipment
  
• temple go
  an edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes
  
• house, theater, theatre go
  a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
  
• bagnio, whorehouse, brothel, bordello, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house go
  a building where prostitutes are available