skyscraper
/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/
skyscraper noun: a very tall building with a large number of floors.
Noun
skyscraper (plural skyscrapers)
- A very tall building with a large number of floors.
- 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
- A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.
- Skyscraper. A name given to a skysail when it is triangular.[1880, “The West India Pocket Book”, in The West Indies, volume I, London, England, United Kingdom: S. W. Silver & Co., (bold in the original), page 104
- Anything very tall or high.
- It was no surprise to see Hanley bat a skyscraper out to left.1920, Zane Grey, The Redheaded Outfield and other Baseball Stories
skyscraper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
skyscraper in Hindi
- tall building
- गगनचुंबी इमारत gagancumbī imārat, गगनचुंबी भवन gagancumbī bhavan
skyscraper in Tamil
- tall building
- வானளாவி vāṉaḷāvi, உயரமான கட்டிடத்தை uyaramāṉa kaṭṭiṭattai
skyscraper in Marathi
- tall building
- गगनचुंबी gagancumbī
skyscraper in Urdu
- tall building
- فَلَک بوس عِمارَت falak bos 'imārat, کَثِیر اُلْمَنازِل عِمارَت kasīr ulmanāzil 'imārat
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- skyscraper in Bengali
- গগনচুম্বী gognocumbi, আকাশঝাড়ু akaśjhaṛu
- skyscraper in Telugu
- ఆకాశసౌధము ākāśasaudhamu
- skyscraper in Malayalam
- അംബരച്ചുംബി ambaraccumbi
- skyscraper in Kannada
- ಗಗನಚುಂಬಿ gaganacumbi
- skyscraper in Gujarati
- ગગનચુંબી gagancumbī
- skyscraper in Nepali
- गगनचुम्बी भवन gaganacumbī bhavan
- skyscraper in Pashto
- ستورڅک storśak
- skyscraper in Tagalog
- kayudlangit
- skyscraper in Arabic
- نَاطِحَة سَحَاب nāṭiḥat saḥāb
- skyscraper in Malay
- pencakar langit
- skyscraper in Indonesian
- pencakar langit
- skyscraper in Thai
- ตึกระฟ้า dtʉ̀k-rá-fáa
- skyscraper in Vietnamese
- nhà chọc trời
- skyscraper in Myanmar
- မိုးမျှော်တိုက် mui:hmyautuik
Examples of skyscraper in a sentence
- The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Wards Codex entry:
- Construction of the world’s tallest unoccupied skyscraper may resume as early as next week, almost 10 years after work ground to a halt, according to Chinese state media.2025 April 24, Oscar Holland, “Construction of world’s tallest abandoned skyscraper to resume after a decade”, in CNN:
- Its steel helped build America, from the skyscrapers dotting city landscapes to the cars speeding down highways, to the appliances inside millions of homes.2025 June 13, Luciana Lopez and Chris Isidore, “US Steel and Nippon Steel say Trump has approved their partnership”, in CNN Business:
Antonyms of skyscraper
Forms of skyscraper
| plural | skyscrapers |
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Origin of skyscraper
Compound of sky + scraper, first applied to tall steel-frame buildings in American cities such as New York City and Chicago in the 1880s.
Words formed from skyscraper
Phrases with skyscraper
Questions about skyscraper
- What does skyscraper mean?
- Skyscraper means a very tall building with a large number of floors.
- What is skyscraper in Hindi?
- Skyscraper in Hindi is गगनचुंबी इमारत (gagancumbī imārat), गगनचुंबी भवन (gagancumbī bhavan). See Skyscraper meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use skyscraper in a sentence?
- The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure.
- What part of speech is skyscraper?
- Skyscraper is a noun.
- How do you pronounce skyscraper?
- Skyscraper is pronounced /ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of skyscraper?
- The plural of skyscraper is skyscrapers.
Words near skyscraper in the dictionary
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