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English

Noun

accumulation
:Snow buildup on roads makes for hazardous driving.

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English buildup \build"up\, build-up \build-up\n.
1. the act of building up an accumulation.

Syn: build-up.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. the events, such as advertising or publicity, causing
increased interest in some coming event. The buildup to
Superbowl XXIV was the most intense of the series.
[PJC]

WordNet buildup
n 1: the act of building up an accumulation; "I envied his rapid
buildup of assets"; "a military buildup in preparation
for the invasion"
2: the result of the process of accumulation; "the buildup of
leaves blocked the drain pipes"
3: highly favorable publicity and praise; "his letter of
recommendation gave her a terrific buildup"

Moby Dictionary
access , accession , accretion , accrual , accruement , accumulation ,
acknowledgment , addition , advance , advertising , advocacy ,
advocating , aggrandizement , amplification , appreciation , ascent ,
assemblage , assembly , augmentation , ballooning , bloating , blurb ,
boom , boost , broadening , bruiting , building , combination ,
commendation , composition , compound , constitution , construction ,
crescendo , development , drumbeating , edema , elevation , embodiment ,
enlargement , expansion , extension , fabrication , fashioning , flack ,
flood , formation , gain , getup , good word , greatening , growth , gush ,
hike , honorable mention , hype , incorporation , increase , increment ,
inflation , jump , junction , leap , make , makeup , mixture , mounting ,
multiplication , organization , piecing together , plug ,
press-agentry , productiveness , proliferation , promoting , promotion ,
publicization , publicizing , puff , puffery , putting together , raise ,
recognition , rise , setup , shaping , snowballing , spread , structure ,
structuring , surge , swelling , syneresis , synthesis , tumescence , up ,
upping , upsurge , upswing , uptrend , upturn , waxing , widening