skyscraper

CEFRB2

/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/

noun

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noun
A very tall building with many floors.
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noun
Extra detail
A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.

Examples

The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.
The skyscraper rose above the other buildings around.

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 4
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

Anything very tall or high.
A very tall building with a large number of floors.

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As the curve of Sandy Hook blotted from sight the last, low glimpse of the skyscrapers which point Manhattan, Blake touched Annette's arm.
The fact that land is a commodity of unlimited extent in America, together with the now appreciated fact that most high buildings have been economic failures, spell the doom of the skyscraper concept.
It was no surprise to see Hanley bat a skyscraper out to left.

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The tallest building in the city, a 100-story blank, touched the clouds.

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The fact that land is a commodity of unlimited extent in America, together with the now appreciated fact that most high buildings have been economic failures, spell the doom of the skyscraper concept.
1872, Pamphlets on Transportation, volume 1, (italics in the original), page 23
As the curve of Sandy Hook blotted from sight the last, low glimpse of the skyscrapers which point Manhattan, Blake touched Annette's arm.
1910, William Henry Irwin, The House of Mystery
The solitary attic—if one could thus designate a space of about three square feet—which comprised Hamar's lodging—had the advantage of being situated in the top storey of a skyscraper—at least a skyscraper for that part of the city.
1912, Elliott O'Donnell, The Sorcery Club
Then he noticed, as a prosaic business man will notice suddenly, that a skyscraper which he has passed daily for months is out of line with its neighbor, that the seat behind the new little girl was unoccupied and that she stood alone in the aisle during exercises.
1917, Herman Gastrell Seely, A Son of the City: A Story of Boy Life
The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a "membrane" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed mass effect fields.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Wards Codex entry

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Origin

noun

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

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The tallest building in the city, a 100-story blank—, touched the clouds.

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noun

The tallest building in the city, a 100-story blank, touched the clouds.