• build-up

Deverbal frombuild up.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪldʌp/

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buildup (countable anduncountable,pluralbuildups)

1. Anaccumulation; anincrease; agradualdevelopment.

   Snowbuildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.

   There was abuildup of pressure in the boiler.

   • 1988 December 11, Wickie Stamps, “Cambridge Conference Chronicles Anticommunism”, inGay Community News, volume16, number22, page 3:

     One of the pricetags of the U.S. militarybuildup is a lack of health care in poorer communities.

2. (dentistry) The construction of acompositecore to repair a damagedtooth.
   • 2017, Jose-Luis Ruiz,Supra-Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry, page103:

     Blocking undercuts out with bonded flowable composite is an option, but the time involved doing abuildup, plus the additional complication to provisionalize, make this option less desirable (Figure 6.19e).

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