Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skyline

/ˈskaɪˌlaɪn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English

Syllables
sky-line
IPA
/ˈskaɪˌlaɪn/
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The line that seems to be the boundary of the sky and the ground; the horizon.

noun

The horizontal silhouette of a city or building against the sky.

noun

A path of movement, especially military movement, producing a silhouette above terrain features visible from the location of likely observers.

noun

A panel on the front page of a newspaper outlining some of the features to be found inside.

noun

Ellipsis of skyline operator.

verb

To outline something against the sky.

Transitive verb

verb

To filter by means of the skyline operator.

Transitive verb

noun

food, often Cincinnati chili, purchased from a Skyline Chili restaurant.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From sky + line.

Usage

Inflected Forms

skylines (plural) skylines (present, singular) skylining (participle, present) skylined (participle, past) skylined (past)

Phrases

skyline operator

Synonyms

horizon apparent horizon visible horizon sensible horizon

Rhymes With

byline

Questions

How do you pronounce skyline?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskaɪˌlaɪn/.
What does skyline mean?
The line that seems to be the boundary of the sky and the ground; the horizon.
Where does skyline come from?
From sky + line.

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