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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

-scraper en · X

Etymology

Back-formation from skyscraper.

Meanings

  1. (morpheme) Denoting a type of tall building.
    • farm + -scraper → farmscraper (“a high-rise building used for growing crops or raising livestock”)
    • skinny + -scraper → skinnyscraper (“an extremely tall and narrow building”)
    • sea + -scraper → seascraper (“a tall building built underwater”)