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skyscraper

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sky·scrap·er  (skskrpr)
n.
A very tall building.

skyscraper
Noun
a very tall building
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.skyscraperskyscraper - a very tall building with many stories
building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"
Translations
skyscraper [ˈskaɪskreɪpəʳ] nrascacielos m inv
skyscraper [ˈskaɪskreɪpəʳ] sky ngratte-ciel m inv
skyscraper [ˈskaɪskreɪpəʳ] sky nWolkenkratzer m
skyscraper [ˈskaɪskreɪpəʳ] ngrattacielo


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But the highest triumph of wire-laying came when New York swept into the Skyscraper Age, and when hundreds of tall buildings, as high as the fall of the waters of Niagara, grew up like a range of magical cliffs upon the precious rock of Manhattan.
"I was but recalling with admiration those stupendous skyscrapers, as they call them, of New York," and the fair countess settled herself more comfortably in her steamer chair, and resumed the magazine which "nothing at all" had caused her to let fall upon her lap.
All looked up--some at the windows of skyscrapers, some casting about for an airship, Jackson-guided.
 
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