high-rise

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
high-rise
    adj 1: used of buildings of many stories equipped with
           elevators; tall; "avenues lined with high-rise apartment
           buildings" [ant: {low-rise}]
    n 1: tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or
         apartments; "`tower block' is the British term for `high-
         rise'" [syn: {high-rise}, {tower block}]
    

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