buildup

See also: build up and build-up

English

Etymology

build + up, from the verb phrase.

Noun

buildup (countable and uncountable, plural buildups)

  1. An accumulation; an increase; a gradual development.
    Snow buildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.
    There was a buildup of pressure in the boiler.

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