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spacescraper

Syllables: space·scra·perUK/ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/US/ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/

spacescraper noun: a building that is tall enough to reach outer space.

Noun

spacescraper (plural spacescrapers)

  1. A building that is tall enough to reach outer space.
    • Spacescraper city on the outskirts of New York–five miles square with nine buildings, each exactly one mile from the next, each a mile square, three miles high, 1,000 stories, 1,000 people per floor, a million folk behind its walls, nine million ...2003, Arthur Herzog, Make Us Happy
    • The ultimate game of belief is an unstoppable intonation. A word that spells the end of Jack and Susie. Twenty-eight missiles into a corporate spacescraper.2012, John Trevillian, Forever A-Men

Examples of spacescraper in a sentence

  • It showed the lights of a city at night, viewed from great height, as if the room were the penthouse suite of a spacescraper.2013, Michael McCloskey, The Trilisk Hunt::
  • The biggest one packed enough punch to blow through a spacescraper all the way to the basement.2014, Michael McCloskey, The Trilisk Revolution::

Forms of spacescraper

pluralspacescrapers

Origin of spacescraper

From space + -scraper.

Questions about spacescraper

What does spacescraper mean?
Spacescraper means a building that is tall enough to reach outer space.
How do you use spacescraper in a sentence?
It showed the lights of a city at night, viewed from great height, as if the room were the penthouse suite of a spacescraper.
What part of speech is spacescraper?
Spacescraper is a noun.
How do you pronounce spacescraper?
Spacescraper is pronounced /ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/ (US).
What is the plural of spacescraper?
The plural of spacescraper is spacescrapers.

Words near spacescraper in the dictionary

  1. spaces of Destot
  2. spaces of Disse
  3. spaces out
  4. spacescape
  5. spacescapes
  6. spacescraper
  7. spacescrapers
  8. spaceshifting
  9. spaceship
  10. Spaceship Earth
  11. spaceshiplike

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