"pencil tower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pencil towers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pencil tower (plural pencil towers)
  1. (informal) An extremely narrow skyscraper. Wikipedia link: Steinway Tower Tags: informal Synonyms: skinnyscraper
    Sense id: en-pencil_tower-en-noun-etuq52SC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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