Skyscraper
/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A very tall building with a large number of floors.
"As the curve of Sandy Hook blotted from sight the last, low glimpse of the skyscrapers which point Manhattan, Blake touched Annette's arm."
- 2 a very tall building with many stories wordnet
- 3 A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail. archaic
- 4 Anything very tall or high. figuratively
"It was no surprise to see Hanley bat a skyscraper out to left."
Example
More examples"The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems."
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.