Spacescraper

//ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ɚ// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A building that is tall enough to reach outer space.

    "Spacescraper city on the outskirts of New York–five miles square with nine buildings, each exactly one mile from the next, each a mile square, three miles high, 1,000 stories, 1,000 people per floor, a million folk behind its walls, nine million ..."

Example

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"Spacescraper city on the outskirts of New York–five miles square with nine buildings, each exactly one mile from the next, each a mile square, three miles high, 1,000 stories, 1,000 people per floor, a million folk behind its walls, nine million ..."

Etymology

From space + -scraper.

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