Definition of "homebuilder" []

• One, such as a person or firm, whose business is the construction of dwellings. (noun)
• One who builds one's own home. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "When she called the homebuilder, Ranchwood Homes LLC, about the air conditioning leak, someone was sent out to fix the problem."
• "Investors may wish to avoid a name like homebuilder"
• "Pulte's 6.5 percent notes due in 2016 paid 32 percent since April, compared with a 14 percent advance by shares of the largest U.S. homebuilder, which is based in Bloomfield, Michigan."