-scraper
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Back-formation from skyscraper.
Suffix[edit]
-scraper
- Denoting a type of tall building.
- farm + -scraper → farmscraper (“a high-rise building used for growing crops or raising livestock”)
- skinny + -scraper → skinnyscraper (“an extremely tall and narrow building”)
- sea + -scraper → seascraper (“a tall building built underwater”)