stilt /stɪlt/
1. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure
synset: pile, spile, piling, stilt
2. 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"
synset: stilt
3. long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
synset: stilt, Australian_stilt
4. long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
synset: stilt, stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt_plover, Himantopus_stilt
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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