Definition of "construction"

construction

/kənˈstɹʌkʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural constructions
1. The process of constructing.
2. Anything that has been constructed.
3. The trade of building structures.
4. A building, model or some other structure.
5. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
6. The manner in which something is built.
  Quotations
  Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.
  1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎
7. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
8. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
9. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
  Quotations
  He had considered sending Lucille away to stay with relations. But then people might have put the worst construction on it – might believe she had done something she shouldn't have.
  1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 95
10. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.