high-rise

or high·rise

[ hahy-rahyz ]

adjective

1. (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators:

   a high-rise apartment complex.

2. of, relating to, or characteristic of high-rise buildings.
3. of or being a small-wheeled bicycle with high handlebars and a banana-shaped seat.
4. (of pants) having a waistline placed at or above the navel, or at the natural waist:

   high-rise chinos.

noun

1. Also high rise, a high-rise apartment or office building.

high-rise

adjective

1. 1. prenominal of or relating to a building that has many storeys, esp one used for flats or offices Compare low-rise

      a high-rise block

   2. ( as noun )

      a high-rise in Atlanta

Word History and Origins

Origin of high-rise¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

The lesson of Victorian London is that modernity isn't built one luxury high-rise at a time.

From The Daily Beast

Luxury high rise apartments hold gluten free restaurants and are surrounded by pay by the week flophouses.

From The Daily Beast

Pyongyang is very high-rise with a lot of incredible lights.

From The Daily Beast

In an unfinished high-rise in the middle of Caracas, a laconic, cynical "doctor" operates on his new patient.

From The Daily Beast

Noonan accounts for everything to do with the coat, from the wool production to its current home in a Canada high-rise.

From The Daily Beast

The teeth, located in the high rise of the mouth, are oriented slightly backwards.

From Project Gutenberg

Cliffs of two to three thousand feet high rise right and left, their curves lost in opal-colored mist.

From Project Gutenberg

Now there was another deep depression before us; with a correspondingly high rise on the other side.

From Project Gutenberg

A graceful tower and spire 236 ft. high rise at the north-west angle.

From Project Gutenberg

The party topped a high rise and stopped, spellbound at the scene that spread before them.

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