Dictionary Entry
stilt
stilt is a 5-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
A pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the foot above the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm.
- 2noun
A crutch; also, the handle of a plow.
- 3noun
Any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer.
- 4transitive verb
To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts.
- 5noun
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
- 6noun
long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
- 7noun
a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
- 8noun
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"
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