spacescraper

English

Etymology

From space +‎ -scraper.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈspeɪsˌskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
• Hyphenation: space‧scra‧per

Noun

spacescraper (plural spacescrapers)

1. (science fiction) A building that is tall enough to reach outer space.
   • 2003, Arthur Herzog, Make Us Happy:

     Spacescraper city on the outskirts of New York–five miles square with nine buildings, each exactly one mile from the next, each a mile square, three miles high, 1,000 stories, 1,000 people per floor, a million folk behind its walls, nine million ...

   • 2012, John Trevillian, Forever A-Men:

     The ultimate game of belief is an unstoppable intonation. A word that spells the end of Jack and Susie. Twenty-eight missiles into a corporate spacescraper.

   • 2013, Michael McCloskey, The Trilisk Hunt::

     It showed the lights of a city at night, viewed from great height, as if the room were the penthouse suite of a spacescraper. A huge black bed dominated the far wall. It was only a foot off the floor. "Amazing!" Arakaki exclaimed.

   • 2014, Michael McCloskey, The Trilisk Revolution::

     The biggest one packed enough punch to blow through a spacescraper all the way to the basement.