stilt
11stilt|er — «STIHL tuhr», noun. a person who walks on or as if on stilts …
12stilt|y — «STIHL tee», adjective. inflated; pompous; stilted …
13stilt·ed — /ˈstıltəd/ adj : awkward especially because of being too formal a stilted speech stilted dialogue/language …
14Stilt — For the journal of the Australasian Wader Studies Group, see Stilt Taxobox name = Stilts image width = 250px image caption = Black necked Stilt regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Charadriiformes familia = Recurvirostridae… …
15stilt — stiltlike, adj. /stilt/, n. 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 …
16stilt — I. noun Etymology: Middle English stilte; akin to Old High German stelza stilt Date: 15th century 1. a. one of two poles each with a rest or strap for the foot used to elevate the wearer above the ground in walking b. a pile or post serving as… …
17stilt — UK [stɪlt] / US noun [countable] Word forms stilt : singular stilt plural stilts 1) one of two long narrow pieces of wood with places to put your feet on so that you can stand on them to walk high above the ground 2) one of a set of posts that a… …
18stilt — /stɪlt / (say stilt) noun 1. one of two poles, each with a support for the foot at some distance above the ground. 2. one of several high posts underneath any structure built above land or over water. 3. one of a pair of stands designed to… …
19stilt — [14] Stilt was probably acquired from some Low German source – Low German and Flemish 481 stoic have stilte. Its ultimate ancestor was a prehistoric Germanic *steltjōn, which was formed from a base meaning ‘walk stiffly, strut’ (source also of… …
20stilt — n. Stilt bird, long legged plover (Himantopus melanopterus) …
