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high-rise

high-rise noun: a tall building, one consisting of many storeys.

high-rise: a tall building, one consisting of many storeys
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Noun

high-rise (plural high-rises)

  1. A tall building, one consisting of many storeys.

Adjective

high-rise (not comparable)

  1. Designed to sit high on, or above, the wearer's hips.
    • high-rise jeans
    Synonyms:
    multistory

high-rise meaning in Bengali and Kannada

high-rise in Bengali

high-rise
গগনচুম্বী gognocumbi

high-rise in Kannada

ಬಹುಮಹಡಿಗಳ, ಹಲವು ಅಂತಸ್ತುಗಳುಳ್ಳ, ಗಗನಚುಂಬಿ, ಕರುಕಟ್ಟಡ

Synonyms of high-rise

Forms of high-rise

pluralhigh-rises
alternative formhighrise

Origin of high-rise

From high + rise. Compare mid-rise.

Phrases with high-rise

Questions about high-rise

What does high-rise mean?
High-rise means a tall building, one consisting of many storeys.
What is high-rise in Bengali?
High-rise in Bengali is গগনচুম্বী (gognocumbi). See High-rise meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is high-rise?
High-rise can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of high-rise?
The plural of high-rise is high-rises.

Words near high-rise in the dictionary

  1. high-quality
  2. high-ranking
  3. high-rent
  4. high-res
  5. high-resolution
  6. high-rise
  7. high-rise syndrome
  8. high-riser
  9. high-risers
  10. high-rises
  11. high-risk

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Adapted from Wiktionary: high-rise (page history and authors); গগনচুম্বী (Bengali) (page history and authors); high-rise (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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