earthscraper

plural earthscrapers

1. architectureA building that is built underground; a subterranean skyscraper.

   So then I dreamed up a subterranean skyscraper (or,if you will, an earthscraper) with various floors, each of them constituting a different infernal abode;

   2014, Leopoldo Marechal, Adam Buenosayres: A Novel

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   By Vox! We went down all right. Spacious rooms were here piled one upon another connected by wide staircases. This subterranean temple was rather like an inverted skyscraper, an earthscraper, perhaps.

   2008, Alan Burt Akers, Gangs of Antares: Dray Prescot 45

   The earthscraper burst from the tunnel into daylight, sparks trailing. Elara turned hard against the wheel, corrected itstrajectory and spun one hundred and eighty degrees into a brigade of sentinels their weapons drawn.

   2015, Joshua Viola, Blackstar

   Synonyms: depthscraper

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1. businessSynonym of bellyscraper (“a piece of heavy equipment”).

   Synonyms: bellyscraper