high-rise
Americanadjective
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(of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators.
a high-rise apartment complex.
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of, relating to, or characteristic of high-rise buildings.
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of or being a small-wheeled bicycle with high handlebars and a banana-shaped seat.
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(of pants) having a waistline placed at or above the navel, or at the natural waist.
high-rise chinos.
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of high-rise
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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High rise and fall: "I captured this dramatic sunset from my home, overlooking Glasgow Green, with the Gorbals flats in the background," says Derek Jack.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2024
High rise buildings in Wales with fire safety issues are "guaranteed" to be fixed, but it might take up to three years, a minister has said.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2023
High rise pants were tight at the waist but then loose and billowing in pegged and harem styles.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2022
High rise ... a child from a slum colony housing labourers working on a new housing estate, south of New Delhi.
From The Guardian • Nov. 12, 2012
High rise the mountains there, but by seeming there is no snow on them; and though they be blue they are not blue like the mountains of the Isle of Ransom.
From The Story of the Glittering Plain; or, the land of Living Men by Morris, William
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