build _verb

NOUNS

house, home
・Hundreds of new houses are being built.

road, railway line 
・Instead of building more roads, we should be encouraging people to use public transport.

bridge, tunnel
・A Japanese company won the contract to build the bridge across the harbour.

factory, school, hospital, airport, etc.
・The firm is building a $20 million factory in Fremont, California.

wall, fence, barrier
・Qin Shi Huang unified China and began to build the Great Wall.

PREPOSITIONS

of, from, out of 
・The houses were built of stone.

on
・People built their homes on land near the river.

build _noun

ADJECTIVES

medium, average
・The thief was of medium build and wearing a light-coloured jacket.

heavy
・The floor will not support someone of heavy build.

slim, slender, slight
・She was very strong despite her slender build.
・Simpson was of slight build and shy in character.

muscular, powerful, athletic
・These exercises will help you achieve a muscular build.
・She admired his athletic build.

PHRASES

have the build of an athlete/rugby player/wrestler etc.
・He had the build of a wrestler so I didn’t try to push past him.