| ADJECTIVE | all | high-rise | used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators |
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| NOUN | artifact | high-rise, tower block | tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments |
| Meaning | Used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators; tall. | |
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| Example | "avenues lined with high-rise apartment buildings" | |
| Narrower | multistory, multistorey, multistoried | Having more than one story |
| storied, storeyed | Having stories as indicated | |
| Opposite | low-rise | Used of buildings of one or only a few stories and usually no elevator |
| Meaning | tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments. | |
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| Example | "'tower block' is the British term for 'high-rise'" | |
| Synonym | tower block | |
| Broader | tower | A structure taller than its diameter |
| Spanish | bloque de pisos | |
| Catalan | bloc de pisos | |
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