Facility
Facility noun - A structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose.
Structure and facility are semantically related in construction topic. In some cases you can use "Structure" instead a noun "Facility".
Nearby Word: facilitation
Structure
Structure noun - Something built as a dwelling, shelter, or place for human activity.
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Synonyms for Structure
Facility and structure are semantically related in construction topic. Sometimes you can use "Facility" instead a noun "Structure".
How words are described
| similar | similar facility | similar structure |
| certain | certain facility | certain structure |
| alien | alien facility | alien structure |
| original | original facility | original structure |
| Other adjectives: proper, single, small, actual, entire, real, massive, large, huge, main, ancient, military, underground, mysterious, titular, strange, different, local, soviet, eponymous. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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It sounds simple at first... until you consider the half-life of some material will far outlive any facility or structure that contains it, the memory of what it was, or our descendants' ability to read the warnings on the labels, leaving us Neglectful Precursors to our own descendants.
Source: Ragnarok-Proofing -
The structure in the story is a nuclear waste storage facility which hasn't even been built yet in real life.
Source: Fanfic / The Writing On The Wall -
Life Imitates Art: It's mentioned that local wags near the Strategic Air Command HQ joked that the relatively new (at the time) Command Center was made so that the actual place matched up with the common Hollywood depictions of the facility, which were better than the original structure.
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