supertall
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
supertall (comparative more supertall, superlative most supertall)
- Extremely tall.
Noun edit
supertall (plural supertalls)
- A very tall building.
- 2008 June 15, Amy Cortese, “Scraping the Sky, and Then Some”, in New York Times[1]:
- As the show suggests, the center of gravity today has shifted from North America and Europe to Asia and the Middle East, where supertalls are rising at a frenetic pace.
- (architecture) A building between 300m and 600m tall, approximately 1000ft to 2000ft tall. A tall building taller than a plain tall but shorter than a megatall.
Usage notes edit
The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat uses this term to denote any building whose height exceeds 984 feet (300 metres).