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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Toyo Odetunde, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2024
Photo: Rob Youngson/FX Jean McConville was a widowed mother of ten living in the high-rise warren of Divis Flats, a massive public housing complex in West Belfast.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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
These colorful, high-rise luxury apartments are painted in red, green, and yellow based on the geometric patterns of traditional kente cloth.
—Toyo Odetunde, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2024
Photo: Rob Youngson/FX Jean McConville was a widowed mother of ten living in the high-rise warren of Divis Flats, a massive public housing complex in West Belfast.
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
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 30 Nov. 2024.
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