earthscraper
/ˈɝθˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A building that is built underground; a subterranean skyscraper.
noun
Synonym of bellyscraper (“a piece of heavy equipment”).
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "So then I dreamed up a subterranean skyscraper (or,if you will, an earthscraper) with various floors, each of them constituting a different infernal abode;"
- "The earthscraper burst from the tunnel into daylight, sparks trailing. Elara turned hard against the wheel, corrected itstrajectory and spun one hundred and eighty degrees into a brigade of sentinels their weapons drawn."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɝθˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/
- British English: /ɜːθˈskɹeɪp.ə(ɹ)/
Inflected Forms
Frequently Paired Words
earth grader
bulldozer