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building material

material used for construction purposes
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building material

Summary

building material ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (983 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • building material is a type of material[2].
  • building material is a type of hardware[3].
  • building material is a type of construction product[4].
  • building material is part of hardware[5].
  • building material is used for construction[6].
  • building material's Commons category is recorded as Construction materials[7].
  • building material's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Building materials[8].
  • building material's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • building material's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[10].
  • building material's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include material[2], hardware[3], and construction product[4].

Use and Application

building material is used for construction[6]. It is part of hardware[5].

Why It Matters

building material ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (983 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Wikimi-dhiann · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → building-materials
    Part of → hardware
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P361]]: [[Q111398534]]"
  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0004860-stavebni-materialy, 0266087-konstrukcni-materialy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0004860-stavebni-materialy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Has use → construction
    Topic's main category → Category:Building materials
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1741, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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