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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

high-rise Usage Examples

Converse of object

destroy: Can you imagine if bombs began to fall on Washington, D.C. , and to destroy the high-rises of money markets of New York?

Adjective modifier

modern: This can result in hybrid buildings where traditional facades of arches and domes are grafted onto modern high-rises.

Modifies a noun

  • flat: For much of the area the council chose to build high-rise flats, then much in vogue.
  • block: Then, of course, none of these high-rise office blocks existed, only the 19th century city.
  • building: The first true high-rise building in the history of architecture.
  • tower: Social housing and a number of high-rise towers can be found to the east of the town.
  • apartment: There are no dodgy high-rise tourist apartments, however, just well thought out villa-style hotels, amid lush, tropical flora.
  • estate: Bad luck for the GPs working in the high-rise estates at the edge of cities.

Noun used with modifier

apartment: Leisure options Here you'll find a lively cluster of resturants, bars, hotels, apartment high-rises and leisure facilities.