stilt
4
4.9
- noun
- /stɪlt/
- Specialized
:
pilote
- Whole towns are built on teak stilts over the shiny black water.
- houses on stilts
- built on stilts
And there were like little stilts that would push up the track and hold it in place.
- And there were like little stilts that would push up the track and hold it in place.
- This is the way that utilitarians of Mills Stripe do look at rights so that they're not simply, as Bentham said, nonsense on stilts.
Examples
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Ace pulls up outside a two-story stilt house.
Fiction book (1994) -
Many traditional houses in flood-prone areas are built on stilts to prevent water damage.
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And there were like little stilts that would push up the track and hold it in place.
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Because instead of building on stilts, we chose to cut into the block for a few reasons.
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Frankly, it was the first time I was glad the office was built on stilts.
Fiction book (1990) -
It's a skeleton of a town on stilts.
Fiction book (1998) -
Some structures can be raised on stilts, and seawalls can protect roads from small and moderate storms.
Blog text (6) -
The old house was built on wooden stilts that absorbed most of the vibration, so there wasn't much damage.
Academic text (1990) -
Circular, palm-thatched huts stood on low stilts along the shore in no particular order.
Fiction book (1990) -
No basements here in Tidewater Cove; each cottage is built on hardwood stilts, with a sundry storage space below.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
167
4.8
A strong post that you put into the ground to mark a place or hold something
110
1.6
A tall upright pillar that supports a building or the body
99
1.0
A long pole set upright in the ground to support or mark
52
2.6
A tall upright support for a building or a standing stone used as a monument
22
3.6
A strong upright support in a building or bridge that holds weight
14
6.8
A long column driven into the ground to hold up a building
13
7.1
A heavy post made of wood, steel or concrete driven deep into the ground to support a bridge
9
8.1
A frame with sloping legs that supports a board or table
4
5.5
A vertical post that supports a fence or other structure
3
6.0
A tall pole that holds a lamp or sign
3
8.8
A vertical post that supports a railing or fence
A long post people drive into the ground to support a building or wall
A central vertical post that supports a roof or bridge
A strong post that holds up a roof or wall, for example in a mine
A tall structure that holds and steadies bridges or power lines
Compounds
A long-legged wading bird with black head and neck that lives in American marshes
A bird with long legs that wades in shallow water and has a white body with black wings
- Australian
A long-legged bird with long pink legs and black-and-white feathers that lives in Australian marshes
- Specialized
A long-legged black and white bird that wades in shallow ponds and marshes
- Australian
A long-legged black and white bird that walks in shallow water in ponds or marshes
- Australian
A tall wading bird with long thin legs, a white head, and black wings
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stilt comes from an old word meaning 'post' or 'stick', and this meaning was used for the upright posts that lift a house above mud or water. That's why houses on stilts stand above the ground.