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skyscraper

[skahy-skrey-per]

noun

  1. a relatively tall building of many stories, especially one for office or commercial use.

  2. Architecture.a building of exceptional height completely supported by a framework, as of girders, from which the walls are suspended, as opposed to a building supported by load-bearing walls.



skyscraper

/ ˈ첹ɪˌɪə /

noun

  1. a very tall multistorey building

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of skyscraper1

First recorded in 1785–95; sky + scraper
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He even wore a shirt featuring the iconic 102-storey New York skyscraper.

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If you could somehow shrink your body to the same scale and get inside the wafer, he says that the many different layers would look like very tall streets and skyscrapers.

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The railway carried about 4,000 passengers daily before shutting down in 1969 when Bunker Hill’s historic housing was razed to make way for skyscrapers.

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But we cling to the images: Tom Cruise dangling from a ceiling, a cliff, a skyscraper, an airplane and, as we last saw him, a plummeting train.

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A court in Thailand has issued 17 arrest warrants for people connected to the building of a skyscraper that collapsed during an earthquake in March.

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