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How to pronounce skyscraper in English?

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Type Words
Type of building, edifice

Examples of skyscraper

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It is the size of a skyscraper and it's big enough to raze a city to the ground.
From the newscientist.com
The skyscraper will primarily be used as a gourmet dining hall and luxury hotel.
From the guardian.co.uk
Hard times have taken a bite out of the Big Apple's skyscraper-high hotel rates.
From the usatoday.com
Here's a phallic skyscraper, never built, that bends like a cattail in the wind.
From the time.com
Brown University sits atop the city's College Hill and overlooks the skyscraper.
From the bostonherald.com
Malkin bought his stake in the iconic skyscraper with his father-in-law in 1961.
From the sfgate.com
Lacker said in a recent interview in his office atop the bank's skyscraper here.
From the nytimes.com
Eating the icy skyscraper takes as much orchestration and skill as building one.
From the washingtonpost.com
Ken Livingstone ushered in a new skyscraper era during his time as London mayor.
From the guardian.co.uk
More examples
  • A very tall building with many stories
  • A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building. There is no official definition or height above which a building may clearly be classified as a skyscraper. ...
  • Skyscraper was the second full-length album by David Lee Roth (of Van Halen), released in 1988. It was the last to feature guitarist Steve Vai, who left the group in 1989 to join Whitesnake and continue his solo career. ...
  • Skyscraper were a UK-based rock band formed during 1992. The original line up consisted of Vic Kemlicz (guitar/vocals) previously of Camden band Milk, ex-Swervedriver bassist Adi Vines and drummer Oliver Grasset formerly of the band Pitchfork Skyscraper. ...
  • Skyscraper is a 1996 direct-to-video movie starring Anna Nicole Smith. It was directed by Raymond Martino and written by William Applegate Jr. and John Larrabee. The movie's plot borrows heavily from the film Die Hard with Smith taking the lead role.
  • Geauga Lake's Wildwater Kingdom is a waterpark located in Aurora, Ohio, United States, originally founded in 1888 as Geauga Lake. Geauga Lake had operated primarily as an amusement park. ...
  • Skyscraper is an independent music magazine dedicated to coverage of a wide range of progressive and underground music. It was founded by Peter Bottomley and Andrew Bottomley and published its first issue in 1998. ...
  • Skyscraper is a musical with a book by Peter Stone, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, and music by Jimmy Van Heusen.
  • Skyscraper is the first full length play by David Auburn. It ran off-Broadway in 1997. It is a serious comedy about the deterioration of ingenuity and art.