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skyscrapers

skyscrapers is the plural of skyscraper.

Meaning of skyscraper

Noun

skyscraper (plural skyscrapers)

  1. 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
  2. (archaic) 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
  3. (figuratively) 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

Questions about skyscrapers

What is skyscrapers the plural of?
Skyscrapers is the plural of skyscraper.

Words near skyscrapers in the dictionary

  1. skyscraper heel
  2. skyscraper heels
  3. skyscrapered
  4. skyscraperland
  5. skyscraperless
  6. skyscrapers
  7. skyscraping
  8. skyship
  9. skyships
  10. skysill
  11. skysills

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