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SKYSCRAPER

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• SKYSCRAPER (noun)
The noun SKYSCRAPER has 1 sense:

1. a very tall building with many stories

Familiarity information: SKYSCRAPER used as a noun is very rare.

• SKYSCRAPER (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A very tall building with many stories

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("skyscraper" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Instance hyponyms:

twin towers; World Trade Center; WTC (twin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001)

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Useful links:
Definition of building
Pronunciation of World Trade Center
Definition of twin towers
Definition of WTC
Definition of edifice

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