-scraper

Denoting a type of tall building.

Suffix

  1. Denoting a type of tall building.
    • farm + -scraper → farmscraper (“a high-rise building used for growing crops or raising livestock”)
    • skinny + -scraper → skinnyscraper (“an extremely tall and narrow building”)
    • sea + -scraper → seascraper (“a tall building built underwater”)

Origin

Back-formation from skyscraper.