skyline

[skahy-lahyn]

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noun Also sky line.

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.

verb (used with object), sky·lined, sky·lin·ing.

to outline (something) against the sky.

Origin of skyline

First recorded in 1855–60; sky + line¹

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Examples from the Web for skyline

Contemporary Examples

The absence of the Twin Towers in the skyline was jarring, as was the sight of tanks and humvees posted along Park Row.
The Resilient City: New York After 9/11
John Avlon
September 11, 2014
Now I was content to sit next to Dad on his bed and look out the window at the orange light bouncing off the New York skyline.
Almost Famous: A Father's Day Story
Alex Belth
June 15, 2014
I sat next to Dad on his bed and looked out the window at the orange light bouncing off the New York skyline.
Almost Famous: A Father's Day Story
Alex Belth
June 15, 2014
But “Roar” is an impossibly catchy song, and the Manhattan skyline behind her was beautiful.
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Kevin Fallon
August 26, 2013
The sandal is pictured in cartoon-form against the New York skyline on a wheeled plank, held up by wires emerging from the ground.
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The Fashion Beast Team
March 21, 2013

Historical Examples

With one hand she indicated the prairie that billowed away to the skyline.
A Breath of Prairie and other stories
Will Lillibridge
Then, free of New York's skyline, the flying building was gone with a rush.
Lords of the Stratosphere
Arthur J. Burks
To the left of Fricourt, the spur rises slowly into a skyline.
The Old Front Line
John Masefield
The whitish parapet makes the skyline to observers in the English line.
The Old Front Line
John Masefield
In an old engraving, dated 1815, two figures are still to be seen on the skyline.
Hampton Court
Walter Jerrold

British Dictionary definitions for skyline

skyline

noun

the line at which the earth and sky appear to meet; horizon
the outline of buildings, mountains, trees, etc, seen against the sky

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for skyline

n.

"horizon," 1824, from sky (n.) + line (n.).

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Examples from the Web for skyline

Contemporary Examples

The absence of the Twin Towers in the skyline was jarring, as was the sight of tanks and humvees posted along Park Row.

Now I was content to sit next to Dad on his bed and look out the window at the orange light bouncing off the New York skyline.

I sat next to Dad on his bed and looked out the window at the orange light bouncing off the New York skyline.

But “Roar” is an impossibly catchy song, and the Manhattan skyline behind her was beautiful.

The sandal is pictured in cartoon-form against the New York skyline on a wheeled plank, held up by wires emerging from the ground.

Historical Examples

With one hand she indicated the prairie that billowed away to the skyline.

Then, free of New York's skyline, the flying building was gone with a rush.

To the left of Fricourt, the spur rises slowly into a skyline.

The whitish parapet makes the skyline to observers in the English line.

In an old engraving, dated 1815, two figures are still to be seen on the skyline.

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Word Origin and History for skyline

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Origin of skyline