high-rise

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adjective

1
: being multistory and equipped with elevators
high-rise apartments
2
: of, relating to, or characterized by high-rise buildings
a high-rise complex
3
: having a longer than standard rise (see rise entry 2 sense 7)
high-rise jeans
There are boxer shorts, low-rise briefs, high-rise briefs, … and colors galore.Nancy Lawson

high-rise

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noun

variants or less commonly high rise
plural high-rises also high rises
: a building (such as an apartment building) that has multiple stories and is equipped with elevators
They live on the tenth floor of a high-rise.

Examples of high-rise in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The top floor of the University of Texas’s Innovation Tower, a new high-rise that’s meant to be a startup hub, is still empty. Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024 But Trump Tower, where the triplex sits and which opened in 1983, has long been eclipsed by more modern high-rises, according to brokers and analysts. Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024 After the nine-figure public investment in the unusable building — and tens of millions more coming due in future bond payments — Gloria declared the 101 Ash St. high-rise surplus property. Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024 Videos and images show a large crater just meters away from high-rise residential buildings. Andrew Carey, Victoria Butenko and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN, 21 Mar. 2024 At a time when office landlords are struggling to attract and keep tenants, a Hollywood real estate developer is forging ahead with plans for a visually arresting high-rise on Sunset Boulevard that would cater to the entertainment industry. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024 The 39-story mixed-use tower that has sprouted atop the 19th Street BART Station was built with the concept that the high-rise could offer its residents an array of live, work, play and go options, according to the project’s developer and principal owner, Behring Cos. George Avalos, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024 The City of Milwaukee is considering changes to its zoning code that would encourage more density, though not mid- or high-rises, in residential neighborhoods. Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024 Boasting views of Victoria Harbour on one side, and the forest of high-rises of Sheung Wan district on the other (a memorable site at night), Club Cecconi’s offers traditional Italian fare, such as fried calamari, cacio e pepe and veal Milanese. Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2024
Noun
Quite the opposite: Agolde ‘90s Jeans are what make my high-rise-loving ‘90s-baby heart flutter. Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023 After Oksana’s death, Hryhorii and his wife, Ninel, moved into Oksana’s compact, tidy flat in a Kyiv high-rise. Alice Martins, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023 Check out this high-rise, ankle-length pair from Alo Yoga. Rachel Simon, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2023 After walking Rivera to her door, festooned with Puerto Rican and American flags, Torrez continued on to her own high-rise apartment, facing Plaza Betances. Robert Weisman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Mar. 2023 In San Francisco, strong winds shattered glass on skyscrapers and sent a couch sailing from a high-rise apartment to the sidewalk below. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2023 As a novice developer and Clayton County’s development authority were nearing a deal in the fall of 2021 to provide land for an $800 million high-rise project, top county officials demanded information about his financial capability. Leon Stafford, ajc, 24 Mar. 2023 Developer Hall Group began construction in 2021 on the high-rise project which also includes a 19-story luxury apartment tower and a 16-story office building. Steve Brown, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023 In a high-rise building, go to a small interior room or hallway on the lowest floor possible. Miriam Marini, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1908, in the meaning defined at sense 3

Noun

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of high-rise was in 1908

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Cite this Entry

“High-rise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-rise. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

high-rise

adjective
ˈhī-ˈrīz
: having several stories and being equipped with elevators
high-rise apartments
high-rise noun
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