megatower

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

mega- +‎ tower

Noun[edit]

megatower (plural megatowers)

  1. A very tall tower.
    • 2008 May 15, Peter Applebome, “Adjusting Vision of Waterfront Arts District to Include High Rises”, in New York Times[1]:
      One is a story of betrayal, how almost two decades of hard work and advocacy that produced a visionary plan for a low-rise arts district that preserved the area’s past was shunted aside in favor of plans for megatowers and cookie-cutter urban development.