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UK
/skˈaɪskɹeɪpɐ/
]
[ US /ˈskaɪsˌkɹeɪpɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈskaɪsˌkɹeɪpɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a very tall building with many stories
How To Use skyscraper In A Sentence
- As for bridges, fairground rides, aeroplanes and indeed absurdly altitudinous skyscrapers that move perceptibly in the breeze - not fine. Times, Sunday Times
- The city was overcrowded with tall skyscrapers and noisy vehicles of all sorts.
- As the sun sets on the skyscrapers, neon lights hug the outsides of the buildings, making the skyline look as impressive at night as it does during the day.
- The competitive infatuation with ‘signature’ skyscrapers may continue to get the publicity, but some of the best young talents are staking their claims and reputations on the ground.
- Underneath the horizontal skyscraper is a landscaped area with a number of water features which give the impression that the building is floating on water. digg this digg this email this email this tweet this tweet this facebook this facebook this Steven Holl’s LEED Platinum Horizontal Skyscraper Completed! Vanke Center by Steven Holl – Inhabitat
- Instead she was outside in the spring sunshine - chancing it amongst the skyscrapers.
- Foster's will be the tallest of 60 skyscrapers to be built there in the next few years.
- In the urban maze of narrow streets cut between the cliff-like skyscrapers below, there was mayhem.
- He was surrounded by tall skyscrapers, their towering heights lost in the inky blackness of a night sky.
- Phnom Penh, the capital, recently got a new fleet of metered taxis, and it soon will have its first skyscrapers, including a 42-story luxury condominium tower rising up next to an office for a national antileprosy campaign. Cambodia's Premier in Strong Position Ahead of Vote