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skyscraper.

A very tall building with a large number of floors.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/General-American/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/Received-Pronunciation
  1. A very tall building with a large number of floors.

  2. A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.

    archaic
  3. Anything very tall or high.

    figuratively
Where this word comes from

Compound of sky + scraper, first applied to tall steel-frame buildings in American cities such as New York City and Chicago in the 1880s.

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