Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
Noun
A very tall building; a skyscraper.
- Examples
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Milord Lucyd's cloudscraper, the Villa de Reve: Traitor. Regim crouched behind the garden wall of the aetherist's cloudscraper and watched him approach.
More examples (1)
Hogg turned to look at Daniel. "Lad," he said quietly, "I didn't try to wrap you in gauze, you know that. But I wouldn't have let you try to fly from the top of a cloudscraper pine either." "Now, it's not as bad as that, Hogg,"
The journey was soon over, as the car broke away from the main route, and turned towards the nearest cloudscraper.