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SKYSCRAPER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does skyscraper mean?
• SKYSCRAPER (noun)
The noun SKYSCRAPER has 1 sense:
1. a very tall building with many stories
Familiarity information: SKYSCRAPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very tall building with many stories
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("skyscraper" is a kind of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Instance hyponyms:
Empire State Building (a skyscraper built in New York City in 1931; 1250 feet tall)
Petronas Towers (twin skyscrapers built in Kuala Lumpur in 1997; 1482 feet high)
Sears Tower (a skyscraper built in Chicago in 1974; 1454 feet tall)
twin towers; World Trade Center; WTC (twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001)
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