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
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
