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

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Adjective
But one of the highest aspirations for this high-rise hospital is to give patients a sense of control. Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Oct. 2025 The stadium is directly across the street from the property Trump plans to use for a high-rise presidential library after a state board voted to give the Miami Dade College land to Trump’s presidential library foundation for free with few strings attached. Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
The Low-Rise Trouser At a certain point, squeezing your body and belly into high-rise trousers becomes impossible. Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025 Where its predecessor dominated this corner of north west London, now Wembley feels like an afterthought amid a sea of high-rises. Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for high-rise

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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“High-rise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-rise. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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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