skyscraper
(noun) a very tall building with many stories
Source: WordNet® 3.1
skyscraper (plural skyscrapers)
A very tall building with a large number of floors.
(nautical, archaic) A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.
(figuratively) Anything very tall or high.
Source: Wiktionary
Sky"scrap`er, n. (a) (Naut.) (1) A skysail of a triangular form. [Rare] (2)
Definition: A name for the one of the fancy sails alleged to have been sometimes set above the skysail. [Obs.] (b) A very tall building. (c) Hence, anything usually large, high, or excessive. [Slang or Colloq.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 November 2024
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
