high-rise
Speech parts
1. high-rise - Noun
2. high-rise - Adjective
Meaning
tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments
used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators; tall
Source: WordNetAlternative names
high rise
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`tower block' is the British term for `high-rise'
avenues lined with high-rise apartment buildings
A Department spokeswoman encouraged developers eyeing potential high-rise east of Marine Parade to liaise with the department and Heritage Council so foreshore heritage could be “respected”.
Along the way, he pairs up with a wacky sell-out actor, Frankie (played by Jacky Cheung ), and proceeds to engage in a series of violent battles in a high-rise building.
After 31 years in the same (although remodeled four times) bungalow in the Montrose enclave of Cherryhurst, Beth and Edwin moved to The Spires high-rise in 2003, where they felt they had reached heaven.
And I’m like, ‘I know, thank you for letting me stay here,’” Davidson famously told GQ about the Zaha Hadid designed high-rise where the couple briefly lived together.