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high-rise definition

☆ high·-rise (hī′rīz′)

adjective

designating or of a tall apartment house, office building, etc. of many stories

noun

a high-rise building

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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