1
: being multistory and equipped with elevators
high-rise apartments
2
: of, relating to, or characterized by high-rise buildings
a high-rise complex
3
: having a longer than standard rise (see rise entry 2 sense 7)
high-rise jeans
There are boxer shorts, low-rise briefs, high-rise briefs, … and colors galore.—
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variants
or less commonly high rise
plural high-rises also high rises
: a building (such as an apartment building) that has multiple stories and is equipped with elevators
They live on the tenth floor of a high-rise.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
The state Department of Housing and Community Development already weighed in on one high-rise project in Pacific Beach in June 2022, approving a 60-unit, 60-foot-tall residential building called Rose Creek Village planned for 2662 Garnet Ave.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
After Oksana’s death, Hryhorii and his wife, Ninel, moved into Oksana’s compact, tidy flat in a Kyiv high-rise.
—Alice Martins, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
There are no chain restaurants, high-rise condos, or tourist traps to contend with on Captiva.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
The state Department of Housing and Community Development already weighed in on one high-rise project in Pacific Beach in June 2022, approving a 60-unit, 60-foot-tall residential building called Rose Creek Village planned for 2662 Garnet Ave.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
Quite the opposite: Agolde ‘90s Jeans are what make my high-rise-loving ‘90s-baby heart flutter.
—Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 27 Mar. 2023
After Oksana’s death, Hryhorii and his wife, Ninel, moved into Oksana’s compact, tidy flat in a Kyiv high-rise.
—Alice Martins, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
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“High-rise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high-rise. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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