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high-rise



Pronunciation: (hī'rīz"), [key]
—adj.
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.

—n.
Also,high' rise",high-riser.a high-rise apartment or office building. Also,high'rise".

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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