stilt

noun

Definition of stiltnext
as in stand

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Recent Examples of stilt Think shows that include Argentine cowboys known as gauchos, Brazilian samba dancers, West African (Moko Jumbie) stilt walkers. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 6 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for stilt
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stilt
  1. stand
  2. truss
  3. strut
  4. peg
Noun
  • Besides listening to music for more than 10 hours straight, festival-goers can grab a bite to eat at various food and beverage stands, as well as pick up swag from numerous activations.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Change is something the iconic Miami farm stand and bakery, first opened by brothers Ray and Russell Knaus in 1956, weathered on a far larger scale last year.
    — Connie Ogle October 1, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of stand
Noun
  • The primary goal of STS-112 was to deliver the 28,000-pound S1 truss to the station so it could be attached to the right side of the station's central S0 truss, the core of its 360-foot (110-meter) truss backbone.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Inside, aged timbers spanning the 23-foot-tall great room’s truss-work came from the craftspeople at Historic Woodworks in nearby Tetonia, Idaho.
    — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of truss
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  • The 33-year-old wasn’t the only superstar to strut down the runway, as fellow Bronx native Jennifer Lopez, mgk and J Balvin were also among the models in the show.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Dunne and Ponton then give the strut their best attempts while following the step-by-step tutorial.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of strut
Noun
  • The series backs up 25 years to a Connecticut farm where father Cyrus Trask (Tracy Letts), a peg-legged Civil War veteran, rejects Charles’ gift of a new knife in favor of Adam’s present of a stray puppy, creating a long trail of jealousy.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • After axemen cleared paths through the oaks, elms, and basswoods, the surveyors stretched a standardized measure called a Gunter’s chain—a hundred links to a chain, eighty chains to a mile—and marked the distances with tally pegs.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of peg

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“Stilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stilt. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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