cloudscraper
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English
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Pronunciation
[edit ]- (General American ) IPA (key): /ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation ) IPA (key): /ˈklaʊdˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
- Hyphenation: cloud‧scra‧per
Noun
[edit ]cloudscraper (plural cloudscrapers )
- (chiefly science fiction ) A very tall building; a skyscraper.
- 1999, Lisa Mason, Pangaea: Imperium Without End:
- Milord Lucyd's cloudscraper, the Villa de Reve: Traitor. Regim crouched behind the garden wall of the aetherist's cloudscraper and watched him approach.
- 2012, David Drake, The Road of Danger:
- 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,"
- 2016, Alexander Lawes, Ring of Stones: Portal to Another World:
- The journey was soon over, as the car broke away from the main route, and turned towards the nearest cloudscraper.