skyscraper meaning

Definition of skyscraper

1. a very tall building with many stories

   Type of: building

   Kinds: Empire State Building, Petronas Towers, Sears Tower, World Trade Center

skyscraper in a sentence

• The law forbids the building of any skyscraper on this land.
• The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.
• All of a sudden, the thirty-story skyscraper went up in flames.
• The skyscraper was built on a solid foundation.
• They demolished the old temple to build a skyscraper.

How to pronounce skyscraper

skyscraper is pronounced /ˈskaɪskreɪpɚ/ in American English. It has 3 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.