skyscraper

B1 Topic:Architecture & Buildings

Also spelled sky-scraper and sky-scrapers

US /ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/ UK /ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
A very tall building with many floors.

From the top of the skyscraper, the whole city looked tiny.

Thesaurus

Opposites

earthscrapergroundscraper

Word family

Forms skyscrapers

Derived forms rothscraperskyscraperedskyscraperlandskyscraperless

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Phrases (1)

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modern skyscraper
a very tall building constructed in a recent or contemporary style

Adjective + noun

Etymology

Compound of sky + scraper, first applied to tall steel-frame buildings in American cities such as New York City and Chicago in the 1880s.

Topics

Architecture & Buildings General Vocabulary

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