Definition of skyscraper in English:
skyscraper
noun ˈskʌɪskreɪpəˈskaɪˌskreɪpər
1A very tall building of many storeys.
- More and taller skyscrapers as well as suburban shopping malls were on the way.
- A siren echoed through the tall skyscrapers, and faded beneath the noise of the city.
- The fire illuminated a colossal figure that stood about as tall as a skyscraper.
- In the latter case, as in much of the book, the skyscraper as a work of architecture is beside the point.
- He was surrounded by tall skyscrapers, their towering heights lost in the inky blackness of a night sky.
- Masterton said there were good reasons for building skyscrapers and spectacular towers.
- The city was overcrowded with tall skyscrapers and noisy vehicles of all sorts.
- In Hong Kong, there is also a plan to build a skyscraper over 480 metres tall.
- There are more fields to go into like shipbuilding and building skyscrapers and bridges and stuff.
- The city arose in their view, the tall skyscrapers sweeping the skyline.
- Tall skyscrapers loomed above us and a million cars drove in all different directions.
- Finding no skyscrapers and tall buildings from which he can swing, he looks for an alternative.
- The competition winners believe the design will surprise residents who fear skyscrapers and space age buildings.
- Foster's will be the tallest of 60 skyscrapers to be built there in the next few years.
- The rolling hills covered in green grass, dotted with dark southern pines that seem bigger than the tallest skyscraper.
- In some skyscrapers, storey upon storey of offices were alight, although others were not.
- They're not building towering skyscrapers of glass and steel in Brooklyn.
- Liverpool had the first of these hotel/apartment skyscrapers and will soon get a second.
- Last year the city announced a ban on the building of new skyscrapers.
2Nautical
historical A triangular skysail.
Definition of skyscraper in US English:
skyscraper
nounˈskaɪˌskreɪpərˈskīˌskrāpər
1A very tall building of many stories.
- Foster's will be the tallest of 60 skyscrapers to be built there in the next few years.
- The fire illuminated a colossal figure that stood about as tall as a skyscraper.
- There are more fields to go into like shipbuilding and building skyscrapers and bridges and stuff.
- More and taller skyscrapers as well as suburban shopping malls were on the way.
- In Hong Kong, there is also a plan to build a skyscraper over 480 metres tall.
- He was surrounded by tall skyscrapers, their towering heights lost in the inky blackness of a night sky.
- Liverpool had the first of these hotel/apartment skyscrapers and will soon get a second.
- The city arose in their view, the tall skyscrapers sweeping the skyline.
- The competition winners believe the design will surprise residents who fear skyscrapers and space age buildings.
- Masterton said there were good reasons for building skyscrapers and spectacular towers.
- The city was overcrowded with tall skyscrapers and noisy vehicles of all sorts.
- A siren echoed through the tall skyscrapers, and faded beneath the noise of the city.
- They're not building towering skyscrapers of glass and steel in Brooklyn.
- In some skyscrapers, storey upon storey of offices were alight, although others were not.
- Tall skyscrapers loomed above us and a million cars drove in all different directions.
- The rolling hills covered in green grass, dotted with dark southern pines that seem bigger than the tallest skyscraper.
- In the latter case, as in much of the book, the skyscraper as a work of architecture is beside the point.
- Finding no skyscrapers and tall buildings from which he can swing, he looks for an alternative.
- Last year the city announced a ban on the building of new skyscrapers.
2Nautical
historical A triangular skysail.