Pronunciations (2)
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/ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
Noun
A building that is tall enough to reach outer space.
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Spacescraper city on the outskirts of New York–five miles square with nine buildings, each exactly one mile from the next, each a mile square, three miles high, 1,000 stories, 1,000 people per floor, a million folk behind its walls, nine million ...
The ultimate game of belief is an unstoppable intonation. A word that spells the end of Jack and Susie. Twenty-eight missiles into a corporate spacescraper.
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It showed the lights of a city at night, viewed from great height, as if the room were the penthouse suite of a spacescraper. A huge black bed dominated the far wall. It was only a foot off the floor. "Amazing!" Arakaki exclaimed.
The biggest one packed enough punch to blow through a spacescraper all the way to the basement.