-scraper

suffix

-scraper

suffix

Etymology Back-formation from skyscraper.

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Morpheme Denoting a type of tall building.

  • farm + -scraper → farmscraper (“a high-rise building used for growing crops or raising livestock”)
  • skinny + -scraper → skinnyscraper (“an extremely tall and narrow building”)
1 more example
  • sea + -scraper → seascraper (“a tall building built underwater”)

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