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skyscraper

Pronunciation: /ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/

The English word “skyscraper” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A very tall building with a large number of floors.
  2. A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.
  3. Anything very tall or high.

Etymology

Compound of sky + scraper, first applied to tall steel-frame buildings in American cities such as New York City and Chicago in the 1880s.

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