English noun: stilt |
1. | stilt (artifact) a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure |
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| Synonyms | pile, piling, spile |
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| Broader (hypernym) | column, pillar |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | sheath pile, sheet pile, sheet piling |
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2. | stilt (artifact) one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground |
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| Samples | He was so tall I thought he was on stilts.
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| Broader (hypernym) | pole |
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3. | stilt (animal) long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia |
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| Synonyms | Australian stilt |
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| Broader (hypernym) | limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | banded stilt, Cladorhyncus leucocephalum |
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| Member meronym | Cladorhyncus, genus Cladorhyncus |
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4. | stilt (animal) long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons |
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| Synonyms | Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt plover, stiltbird |
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| Broader (hypernym) | limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | black-necked stilt, black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus, Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, Himantopus mexicanus, Himantopus novae-zelandiae, kaki, white-headed stilt |
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| Member meronym | genus Himantopus, Himantopus |
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