skyline
the boundary line between earth and sky; the apparent horizon: A sail appeared against the skyline.
the outline of something, as the buildings of a city, against the sky: the New York skyline.
Origin of skyline
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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 ChapmanFalse skylines recurrently deceived Bob into a belief that the buckboard was about to surmount the top.
The Rules of the Game | Stewart Edward WhiteBut 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
/ (ˈskaɪˌlaɪn) /
the line at which the earth and sky appear to meet; horizon
the outline of buildings, mountains, trees, etc, seen against the sky
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