skyscraper means A very tall building with a large number of floors. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 69 out of 100.
skyscraper is pronounced /ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/.
noun
- A very tall building with a large number of floors.“The fact that land is a commodity of unlimited extent in America, together with the now appreciated fact that most high buildings have been economic failures, spell the doom of the skyscraper concept.”
- A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.“Skyscraper. A name given to a skysail when it is triangular.”
- Anything very tall or high.“It was no surprise to see Hanley bat a skyscraper out to left.”