Skyscraper
['skaɪskreɪpə] or ['skaɪ'skrepɚ]
Examples
- In the construction of this building 5,200 tons of structural steel were used, the equivalent necessary to build a modern twenty-story skyscraper. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Electric lighting was not invented to equip skyscrapers and the huge apartment buildings of today. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Not only are passengers conveyed up and down by electric elevators in skyscrapers, but the buildings themselves are erected by means of electricity. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Edited by Leopold