cloudscraper
English
Etymology
cloud + scraper
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klaʊdˈskɹeɪpə/
- Hyphenation: cloud‧scra‧per
Noun
cloudscraper (uncountable)
- (architecture, rare) A very tall building; skyscraper.
- 1999, Lisa Mason, Pangaea: Imperium Without End
- Milord Lucyd's cloudscraper, the Villa de Reve: Traitor. Regim crouched behind the garden wall of the aetherist's cloudscraper and watched him approach.
- 2012, David Drake, The Road of Danger
- Hogg turned to look at Daniel. “Lad,” he said quietly, “I didn't try to wrap you in gauze, you know that. But I wouldn't have let you try to fly from the top of a cloudscraper pine either.” “Now, it's not as bad as that, Hogg,”
- 2016, Alexander Lawes, Ring of Stones: Portal to Another World
- The journey was soon over, as the car broke away from the main route, and turned towards the nearest cloudscraper.
- 1999, Lisa Mason, Pangaea: Imperium Without End