Earthscraper

/ˈɝθˌskɹeɪp.ɚ/ · noun

Meaning

(science fiction, architecture) A building that is built underground; a subterranean skyscraper..

Definitions by Sense

1. (science fiction, architecture) A building that is built underground; a subterranean skyscraper.
2. (construction, mining) 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.

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• earthscrapers
• earth-scraper
• earth scraper

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