earthscraper

earthscraper

English

Etymology

earth +‎ scraper

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɜːθˈskɹeɪpə/
• Hyphenation: earth‧scra‧per

Noun

earthscraper (uncountable)

1. (science fiction, informal, rare) A building that is built underground; subterranean skyscraper.
   • 2008, Alan Burt Akers, Gangs of Antares: Dray Prescot 45

     By Vox! We went down all right. Spacious rooms were here piled one upon another connected by wide staircases. This subterranean temple was rather like an inverted skyscraper, an earthscraper, perhaps.

   • 2014, Leopoldo Marechal, Adam Buenosayres: A Novel

     So then I dreamed up a subterranean skyscraper (or,if you will, an earthscraper) with various floors, each of them constitutinga different infernalabode;

   • 2015, Joshua Viola, Blackstar

     The earthscraper burst from the tunnel into daylight, sparks trailing. Elara turned hard against the wheel, corrected its trajectory and spun one hundred and eighty degrees into a brigade of sentinels their weapons drawn.