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Meaning of word stilt from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

stilt noun

Meaning : A column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure.

Synonyms : pile, piling, spile

Meaning : One of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle. Used for walking high above the ground.

Example : He was so tall I thought he was on stilts.

Meaning : Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia.

Synonyms : australian stilt

Meaning : Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons.

Synonyms : himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt plover, stiltbird

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Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

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Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.

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Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

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