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spacescraper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From space + -scraper.

Meanings

1. A building that is tall enough to reach outer space.
   • The biggest one packed enough punch to blow through a spacescraper all the way to the basement. 2014, Michael McCloskey, The Trilisk Revolution::
   • Spacescraper city on the outskirts of New York–five miles square with nine buildings, each exactly one mile from the next, each a mile square, three miles high, 1,000 stories, 1,000 people per floor, a million folk behind its walls, nine million ... 2003, Arthur Herzog, Make Us Happy:
   • It showed the lights of a city at night, viewed from great height, as if the room were the penthouse suite of a spacescraper. A huge black bed dominated the far wall. It was only a foot off the floor. "Amazing!" Arakaki exclaimed. 2013, Michael McCloskey, The Trilisk Hunt::
   • The ultimate game of belief is an unstoppable intonation. A word that spells the end of Jack and Susie. Twenty-eight missiles into a corporate spacescraper. 2012, John Trevillian, Forever A-Men:

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