buildup
noun/ˈbɪldʌp/
Etymology Deverbal from build up.
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.
1 more example
- One of the pricetags of the U.S. military buildup is a lack of health care in poorer communities.1988 December 11, Wickie Stamps, “Cambridge Conference Chronicles Anticommunism”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 3:
- Blocking undercuts out with bonded flowable composite is an option, but the time involved doing a buildup, plus the additional complication to provisionalize, make this option less desirable (Figure 6.19e).2017, Jose-Luis Ruiz, Supra-Gingival Minimally Invasive Dentistry, page 103: