skyscraper

noun (a skyscraper, skyscrapers)

«skyscraper» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

A skyscraper is a very tall building with many floors, in a city. tree →

In the lessons

In geography and maths: cities like New York, Toronto and Sydney have skyscrapers; maths problems ask about floors, heights and lifts. Phrases: «a 100-storey skyscraper», «the tallest skyscraper».

Examples

New York has many skyscrapers. tree →
The skyscraper has 80 floors. tree →
We went up the skyscraper in a fast lift. tree →
If each floor is 4 m high, a 50-floor skyscraper is 200 m tall. tree →
From the top of the skyscraper the cars looked tiny. tree →
Skyscrapers are built with steel frames. tree →

Note

One word: sky + scraper (it seems to scrape the sky). In maths, height = number of floors × height of one floor (roughly).

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «skyscraper» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«skyscraper» in the school dictionary on Mova free.

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