skyline

[ skahy-lahyn ]
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nounAlso sky line .
  1. the boundary line between earth and sky; the apparent horizon: A sail appeared against the skyline.

  2. the outline of something, as the buildings of a city, against the sky: the New York skyline.

verb (used with object),sky·lined, sky·lin·ing.
  1. to outline (something) against the sky.

Origin of skyline

1
First recorded in 1855–60; sky + line1

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How to use skyline in a sentence

  • But passes are not always conspicuous, nor are all skylines of broken contour.

    Unexplored Spain | Abel Chapman
  • False skylines recurrently deceived Bob into a belief that the buckboard was about to surmount the top.

    The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward White
  • But the thick obscurity permitted only skylines to be visible of any scene at present.

    Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for skyline

skyline

/ (ˈskaɪˌlaɪn) /


noun
  1. the line at which the earth and sky appear to meet; horizon

  2. the outline of buildings, mountains, trees, etc, seen against the sky

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