SKYSCRAPER

skyscraper

(noun) a very tall building with many stories

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

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

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