stilt
noun
1 stilt
A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.
synonyms: pile, piling, spile.
2 stilt
One of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground.
Dutch: stelt
Polish: szczudło
3 stilt
Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia.
synonym: Australian stilt.
Polish: szczudłak zwyczajny, szczudłak
4 stilt
stilts
noun
Roget 215:
support,
ground,
foundation,
base,
basis;
terra firma;
bearing,
fulcrum,
bait [U.S.],
caudex crib†;
point d'appui [Fr.],
pou sto [Gr.],
purchase footing,
hold,
locus standi [Lat.];
landing place,
landing stage;
stage,
platform;
block;
rest,
resting place;
groundwork,
substratum,
riprap,
sustentation,
subvention;
floor
etc.
(basement)
211.
supporter;
aid
etc.
707;
prop,
stand,
anvil,
fulciment†;
cue rest,
jigger;
monkey;
stay,
shore,
skid,
rib,
truss,
bandage;
sleeper;
stirrup,
stilts,
shoe,
sole,
heel,
splint,
lap,
bar,
rod,
boom,
sprit†,
outrigger;
ratlings†.
staff,
stick,
crutch,
alpenstock,
baton,
staddle†;
bourdon†,
cowlstaff†,
lathi†,
mahlstick†.
post,
pillar,
shaft,
thill†,
column,
pilaster;
pediment,
pedicle;
pedestal;
plinth,
shank,
leg,
socle†,
zocle†;
buttress,
jamb,
mullion,
abutment;
baluster,
banister,
stanchion;
balustrade;
headstone;
upright;
door post,
jamb,
door jamb.
frame,
framework;
scaffold,
skeleton,
beam,
rafter,
girder,
lintel,
joist,
travis†,
trave†,
corner stone,
summer,
transom;
rung,
round,
step,
sill;
angle rafter,
hip rafter;
cantilever,
modillion†;
crown post,
king post;
vertebra.
columella†,
backbone;
keystone;
axle,
axletree;
axis;
arch,
mainstay.
trunnion,
pivot,
rowlock†;
peg
etc.
(pendency)
214†;
tiebeam
etc.
(fastening)
45;
thole pin†.
board,
ledge,
shelf,
hob,
bracket,
trevet†,
trivet,
arbor,
rack;
mantel,
mantle piece [Fr.],
mantleshelf†;
slab,
console;
counter,
dresser;
flange,
corbel;
table,
trestle;
shoulder;
perch;
horse;
easel,
desk;
clotheshorse,
hatrack;
retable;
teapoy†.
seat,
throne,
dais;
divan,
musnud†;
chair,
bench,
form,
stool,
sofa,
settee,
stall;
arm chair,
easy chair,
elbow chair,
rocking chair;
couch,
fauteuil [Fr.],
woolsack†,
ottoman,
settle,
squab,
bench;
aparejo†,
faldstool†,
horn;
long chair,
long sleeve chair,
morris chair;
lamba chauki†,
lamba kursi†;
saddle,
pannel†,
pillion;
side saddle,
pack saddle;
pommel.
bed,
berth,
pallet,
tester,
crib,
cot,
hammock,
shakedown,
trucklebed†,
cradle,
litter,
stretcher,
bedstead;
four poster,
French bed,
bunk,
kip,
palang†;
bedding,
bichhona,
mattress,
paillasse†;
pillow,
bolster;
mat,
rug,
cushion.
footstool,
hassock;
tabouret†;
tripod,
monopod.
Atlas,
Persides,
Atlantes†,
Caryatides,
Hercules.
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