skyscraper
skyscraper
Definition
sky·scraper (-skrā′pər)
noun
☆ a very tall building
skyscraper
Synonyms
skyscraper
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- gleam: He takes the tube and after a while approaches the gleaming skyscrapers of 'the city ' .
- soar: However, for all its soaring skyscrapers, it is still a haven of tropical vegetation.
- build: I'm gonna build airfields, I'm gonna build skyscrapers a hundred stories high, I'm gonna build bridges a mile long!
- see: The camera then pans upward to an overhead opening in the tunnel, and through it, could be seen several tall skyscrapers.
- have: Next to the wooden hovels of the past you have the modern skyscraper of the Communist regime.
- include: Formats to be used include skyscrapers and super skyscrapers.
Converse of subject
- dwarf: True, the Forbidden City's low-rise façade seems dwarfed by the skyscrapers now vying for space on the Beijing skyline.
Adjective modifier
- towering: Enjoy everything from incredible mountain views to towering skyscrapers.
- futuristic: Futuristic skyscrapers now tower above the ancient Moorish architecture - with pride, if not always with esthetic sense.
- tall: Want to see the view from the top of Mount Snowdon, the City of London's tallest skyscraper or Warwick Castle?
- modern: Without tough steel, the modern skyscraper would never have been born.
- huge: Ever felt uncomfortable in the city district with its huge skyscrapers?
- new: This is the name of a quite new skyscrapers complex.
Modifies a noun
- ad: Skyscraper Ads - 120 pixels wide by 600 pixels high.
- city: Seoul is mainly a skyscraper city now with 23 million inhabitants - about 46 % of the country's population.
- building: The competitors had to produce a picture by lighting up the appropriate windows in a skyscraper building!
Noun used with modifier
- glass: It was empty as dusk descended on the costly glass skyscrapers.
- steel: Fire alone had never before caused a steel skyscraper to collapse.
Possessives
skyscraper Quotes
American megalomania is largely responsible for the growth of the Skyscraper School.
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