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a type of building that is much wider than it is tall, similar to a skyscraper but built horizontally into the ground
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The groundscraper is a type of building that extends horizontally rather than vertically.
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Have you seen that new groundscraper they're building downtown?
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I heard they're calling that groundscraper the 'sideways skyscraper'.
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Her ambition soared like a groundscraper, reaching out in all directions at once.