Defenition of the word stilt
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Defenition of the word stilt
- a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground; "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"
- long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
- long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
- one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground
Synonyms for the word stilt
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- Australian stilt
- Himantopus stilt
- longlegs
- pile
- piling
- spile
- stilt plover
- stiltbird
Meronymys for the word stilt
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- Cladorhyncus
- genus Cladorhyncus
- genus Himantopus
- Himantopus
Hyponyms for the word stilt
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- banded stilt
- black-necked stilt
- black-winged stilt
- Cladorhyncus leucocephalum
- Himantopus himantopus
- Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus
- Himantopus mexicanus
- Himantopus novae-zelandiae
- kaki
- sheath pile
- sheet pile
- sheet piling
- white-headed stilt
Hypernyms for the word stilt
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- column
- limicoline bird
- pillar
- pole
- shore bird
- shorebird
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