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stilt

noun

Definition of stilt

as in stand

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Recent Examples of stilt Free There will be live entertainment, DJs, food trucks, drag queens, roaming entertainers (jugglers, stilt walkers), games, kids’ activities and more. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2026 The Jakarta Globe reported that the explosion occurred below a stilt house located near the shoreline on Biak town's Walter Mongonsidi Street. — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026 The nearest human settlement to the frequent storms is Ologa, Venezuela, a remote stilt village located on the shores of Lake Maracaibo. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 13 May 2026 Choreographed dances, acrobatic tricks, a pitcher on stilts and other antics keep the entertainment flowing. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stilt

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Hospices shared addresses with burrito stands, car repair shops and vacant lots.

— Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026
Epicka has also included a desktop stand and a US-style extension cable in the box.

— Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of stand

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Like building a giant erector set, Meir and Menon worked to assemble and bolt together the triangular brackets on the 3B power channel, located on the far right, or starboard (S6) segment of the station's backbone truss.

— Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2026
During the expo, Peachtree Road between Lenox Parkway and Lenox Road will be closed to traffic as the race’s iconic start truss is erected ahead of race day.

— AJC.com, AJC.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of truss

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The Nomis One features an inflatable door awning and weatherproof window panels in place of awnings, eliminating the extra time for strut installation.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
Last Sunday, a seaplane made a hard landing on the East River between Brooklyn and Manhattan, snapping a wing strut.

— Janet Handal, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

Definition of strut

Noun

The bass player plucked each of his instrument’s four strings, one at a time, while turning the corresponding tuning pegs.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026
The Zaporizhyan ecclesiastical design belonged to the Middle Dnieper architectural school and was built with wooden pegs instead of nails, using oak from a fortress.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

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