high-rise buildings are tall with many floors:
• 3,000,000 square feet of office space in three high-rise towers in downtown Dallas
— high-rise noun [countable] :
• It differed from the other projects in that it included both high-rises and houses.
— compare low-rise* * *
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high-rise UK US /ˈhaɪˌraɪz/ adjective [only before noun] PROPERTY
► used to describe a tall modern building with a lot of levels: »
a high-rise apartment/flat/hotel
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high-rise UK US noun [C]
► a tall modern building with a lot of levels: »
It's the first of a wave of ultra-tall high-rises expected to remake the city landscape.
Financial and business terms. 2012.