skyscraper

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Synonyms: sky scraper, sky-scraper, skyscrape, skyskraper, skyscape, skyscrapers, skyscapes, plyscraper

Antonyms: sky scraper, sky-scraper, skyscrape, skyskraper, skyscape, skyscrapers, skyscapes, plyscraper

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q11303}}{{lb|en|architecture}} A very tall [[building#Noun|building]] with a large number of floors. {{defdate|from 1870s}}<!--Citation below from 1872, see also, e.g. Irish Monthly p. 265 from 1873-->
2. {{lb|en|nautical|archaic}} A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a [[triangular]] [[skysail]].
3. {{lb|en|figuratively}} Anything very tall or high.

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