"skyscraping" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more skyscraping [comparative], most skyscraping [superlative]
Etymology: sky + scraping Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sky|scraping}} sky + scraping Head templates: {{en-adj}} skyscraping (comparative more skyscraping, superlative most skyscraping)
  1. Extremely tall; as tall as a skyscraper. Related terms: skyscraper Translations (extremely tall; as tall as a skyscraper): 摩天 (mótiān) (Chinese Mandarin), huippukorkea (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-skyscraping-en-adj-RwvDY5QR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sky-scraping

Noun [English]

Etymology: sky + scraping Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sky|scraping}} sky + scraping Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} skyscraping (uncountable)
  1. (rare) The construction of skyscrapers. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-skyscraping-en-noun-T-Evx5i8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sky-scraping

Download JSON data for skyscraping meaning in All languages combined (2.0kB)

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