skyscraping

[ skahy-skrey-ping ]

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adjective

of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney.

Origin of skyscraping

¹

1830–40; sky + scrape + -ing²; in recent use probably skyscrap(er) + -ing²

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How to use skyscraping in a sentence

Briceland Forest Farm is nestled beneath skyscraping redwoods and off a hilly road near the town of Redway, population 1,225.
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