- (of a building) having a comparatively large number of stories and equipped with elevators: a high-rise apartment complex.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of high-rise buildings.
- of or being a small-wheeled bicycle with high handlebars and a banana-shaped seat.
- (of pants) having a waistline placed at or above the navel, or at the natural waist: high-rise chinos.
- a high-rise apartment or office building.
- of or relating to a building that has many storeys, esp one used for flats or offices
- (as noun)