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Definition: Skyscraper |
SkyscraperNoun1. A very tall building with many storeys. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "skyscraper" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The word skyscraper was originally a nickname for a tall mast on a sailing ship. Today the word is used exclusvely to refer to a tall habitable building, usually higher than 152 metres (500 feet).
Until recent times, buildings of over six stories were rare. The development of buildings framed with steel or reinforced concrete has made possible the construction of extremely tall buildings, some of which are over 300 metres tall. The other development essential to practical skyscraper development was the invention of the elevator.
See world's tallest structures for a discussion of the tallest skyscrapers and other man-made structures, as defining the "world's tallest..." depends greatly on matters of definition.
See also: architecture, building construction, list of tall buildings in London, 50 tallest buildings in the U.S, List of skyscrapers
External Links
- http://www.skyscrapers.com
- http://www.skyscrapercity.com
- http://www.skyscraperpage.com
- http://www.brazilskyscrapers.hpg.com.br
- http://www.skyscraper.org
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Skyscraper."
Crosswords: Skyscraper |
| English words defined with "skyscraper": Cass Gilbert ♦ gilbert ♦ materialisation, materialization ♦ offspring. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | You're talking about precision-dropping a skyscraper! It takes days to plan something like that (Volcano; writing credit: Jerome Armstrong) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Famous Skyscraper (1966) Skyscraper (1965) Caught on a Skyscraper (1916) Hesanut Builds a Skyscraper (1914) Starting a Skyscraper (1902) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Balcony and windows of the first skyscraper, 638 Royal Street, New Orleans. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Huge skyscraper" by Aaron Benson Commentary: "...made me feel tiny." | "Chicago skyscraper, glasswall" by Fredrik Feyling Commentary: "Skyscraperwall, so clear it looks like vectorshapes. No manipulation done. The original is slightly bigger (let me know if you want it)." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Skyscraper" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.86% of the time. "Skyscraper" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.86% | 39 | 55,036 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.38% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 42 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "skyscraper": skyscraper-high. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "skyscraper"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | rrokaqiell, qiellgërvishtës. (various references) | |
Arabic | ناطحة سحاب. (various references) | |
Basque | etxerraldoi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | небостъргач. (various references) | |
Chinese | 摩天摟 , 摩天大楼. (various references) | |
Czech | mrakodrap. (various references) | |
Danish | skyskraber. (various references) | |
Dutch | wolkenkrabber. (various references) | |
Farsi | اسمان خراش , رفیع (Lofty, Sublime), بلند (Aloud, Eminent, Grandiose, High, Lofty, Sonorous, Tall, Upland, Vociferous, Willowy). (various references) | |
Finnish | pilvenpiirtäjä. (various references) | |
French | gratte-ciel. (various references) | |
German | Wolkenkratzer (skyscrapers). (various references) | |
Greek | ουρανοξύστης. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מגרד שחקים, גורד שחקים, רב קומות (high rise). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felhõkarcoló, felhőkarcoló. (various references) | |
Italian | grattacielo (skyscrapers). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 摩天楼 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | まてんろう, こうそうビル, こうろう (loftybuilding, meritorious deed, services), スカイスクレーパー . (various references) | |
Korean | 마천루. (various references) | |
Occitan | gratacèl. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | yscraperskay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | arranha-céus, arranha-céu (high-rise apartment building, high-rise building). (various references) | |
Russian | небоскреб (skyrise, sky-scraper). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oblakoder. (various references) | |
Spanish | rascacielos (sky-scraper). (various references) | |
Swedish | skyskrapa. (various references) | |
Thai | ตึกสูงมาก. (various references) | |
Turkish | gökdelen (tower block). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | хмарочос. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "skyscraper": skyscrapers. (additional references) | |
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"Skyscraper" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kiescraper, scyscrapper. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "skyscraper" (pronounced skī"skrā'per) |
| 3 | -ā' p er | flypaper, landscaper, newspaper, sandpaper, wallpaper, wastepaper. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-k-p-r-r-s-s-y" | |
-2 letters: resprays, scarpers, scrapers, sparkers, sprayers. | |
-3 letters: carpers, crasser, cypress, escarps, packers, parkers, parsecs, parsers, passkey, pessary, prayers, rackers, raspers, repacks, reparks, reracks, respray, sackers, scarers, scarper, scraper, scrapes, screaks, screaky, secpars, skycaps, spacers, sparers, sparker, sparser, sprayer. | |
-4 letters: askers, aspers, capers, carers, caress, carper, carses, crakes, crapes, crases, creaks, creaky, creasy, cypres, escarp. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-k-p-r-r-s-s-y" | |
+1 letter: skyscrapers. | |
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