skyscraper

1. A very tall building with a large number of floors.

   Wolkenkratzer, Hochhaus

   небоскрёбneboskrjób

   хмарочо́сxmaročós

   a very tall building with many stories

2. (figuratively)Anything very tall or high.

3. (archaic)A small sail atop a mast of a ship; a triangular skysail.

1. What's the tallest skyscraper in the world?

   deWelcher Wolkenkratzer ist der höchste der Welt? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. All of a sudden, the thirty-story skyscraper went up in flames.

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3. They demolished the old temple to build a skyscraper.

   deMan riss den alten Tempel nieder, um ein Hochhaus zu errichten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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4. The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.

   Ліфт у хмарочосі життєво необхідний. — menix

   deDie Aufzüge eines Wolkenkratzers sind lebenswichtige Systeme. — MUIRIEL

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5. Science builds planes and skyscrapers, but faith brings them together.

   Наука зводить літаки з хмарочосами; віра ж зводить їх між собою. — deniko

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