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high-rise

  [hahy-rahyz]
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–adjective
1. (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment house.
2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of high-rise buildings.
3. of or being a small-wheeled bicycle with high handlebars and a banana-shaped seat.
–noun
4. Also, high rise, high-riser. a high-rise apartment or office building.
Also, highrise.

Origin:
1950–55
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high-rise   (hī'rīz')
adj.  

    1. Indicating or being a multistoried building equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment building.

    2. Of, relating to, or marked by multistoried buildings: a high-rise fire; a high-rise district.

  2. Of, relating to, or being a bicycle with small wheels, a banana-shaped seat, and high handlebars.

n.   or high rise

  1. A multistoried building equipped with elevators.

  2. A high-rise bicycle.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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