stilt

Definition of Stilt in English :

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Noun

1. pile, piling, spile, stilt

a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

2. stilt

one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground

Example Sentences:
'he was so tall I thought he was on stilts'

3. australian stilt, stilt

long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia

australian stilt

4. himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird

long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stilt

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noun

1.

either of a pair of two long poles with footrests on which a person stands and walks, as used by circus clowns

2.

a long post or column that is used with others to support a building above ground level

3.

any of several shore birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, similar to the avocets but having a straight bill

verb

4. (transitive)

to raise or place on or as if on stilts

Stilt

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noun

1.

either of a pair of poles, each with a footrest somewhere along its length, used for walking with the feet above the ground, as by children at play, by acrobats, etc.

2.

any of a number of long posts or piles used to hold a building, etc. above the ground or out of the water

3. Word forms: plural stilts or stilt

any of several shorebirds (family Recurvirostridae) with a long, slender bill, long legs, and three-toed feet; esp., the black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), living chiefly in marshes and ponds of temperate North America and N South America

Stilt

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n.

1. Either of a pair of long, slender poles each equipped with a raised footrest to enable the user to walk elevated above the ground.

2. Any of various tall posts or pillars used as support, as for a dock or building:a beach house on stilts.

3. Any of several shorebirds of the widely distributed genus Himantopus or the Australian genus Cladorhynchus that have long pink legs, usually black-and-white plumage, and a long slender bill.

tr.v.stilt·ed, stilt·ing, stilts

To place or raise on stilts.

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