SKYSCRAPER
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building of many stories, usually designed for office and commercial use. There is no official definition or height above which a building may be classified as a skyscraper. One common feature of skyscrapers is having a steel framework that supports curtain walls. These curtain walls either bear on the framework below or are possibly suspended from the framework above, rather than load-bearing walls of conventional construction. Some early skyscrapers have a steel frame that enables the construction of load-bearing walls taller than of those made of reinforced concrete. Modern skyscrapers' walls are not load-bearing, ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Skyscraper
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skyscraper
Noun
- A very tall building with a great number of floors.
- A small sail atop a mast of a ship.
- Anything very tall or high.
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