skyscraper (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *skyscraper*:
NOUN	artifact	skyscraper	a very tall building with many stories

skyscraper > pronunciation
Sounds	skay'skrey.per
Rhymes	asper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per...

English > *skyscraper*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	A very tall building with many stories.
Instances	Empire State Building	A skyscraper built in New York City in 1931
	Petronas Towers	Twin skyscrapers built in Kuala Lumpur in 1997
	Sears Tower	A skyscraper built in Chicago in 1974
	World Trade Center, WTC, twin towers	twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City
Broader	building, edifice	A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
Spanish	rascacielos, torre
Catalan	gratacel

HyperDic: skyscraper