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Definitions for Stilt

[1] one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the bottom end, enabling the wearer to walk with his or her feet above the ground.
[2] one of several posts supporting a structure built above the surface of land or water.
[3] Ceramics . a three-armed support for an object being fired.
[4] any of several white-and-black wading birds, especially Cladorhynchus leucocephalus and Himantopus himantopus, having long, bright pink legs and a long, slender black bill.
[5] British Dialect . a plow handle. a crutch.
[6] to raise on or as if on stilts.
[7] either of a pair of two long poles with footrests on which a person stands and walks, as used by circus clowns
[8] a long post or column that is used with others to support a building above ground level
[9] any of several shore birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, similar to the avocets but having a straight bill
[10] (tr) to raise or place on or as if on stilts

Words related to Stilt

rangy, gangly, spindly, gaunt, slender, scrawny, angular, sinewy, lanky, slim, sparse, skinny, svelte, wiry, fragile, lean, meager, delicate, small, narrow

Words nearby Stilt

stillness, stillroom, stillson wrench, stillwater, stilly, stilt, stilt bug, stilt root, stilted, stilton, stilwell

Origin of Stilt

1275–1325; Middle English stilte; cognate with Low German stilte pole, German Stelze

Other words from Stilt

stilt·like , adjective

Word origin for Stilt

C14 (in the sense: crutch, handle of a plough): related to Low German stilte pole, Norwegian stilta

Synonyms for Stilt

angular, gangly, gaunt, rangy, scrawny, slender, spindly, attenuated, beanpole, beanstalk, bony, broomstick, extenuated, gangling, lean, meager, rawboned, scraggy, spare, spindling, stringy, twiggy, weedy