stilt

/stilt/
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stilt

A child carefully walks on stilts across a grassy park.

Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A long-legged wading bird: A bird with very long legs, typically found in wetlands, marshes, or lagoons. It is often black and white.
    • A pole used for walking elevated above the ground: One of a pair of long, slender poles with foot supports, used to walk high above the ground.
    • A supporting post or column: A vertical structural member (of wood, steel, or concrete) driven into the ground to support a building or other structure.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Bird):
    • We saw a stilt wading in the shallow pond.
    • The black-winged stilt is a common sight in these marshes.
  • Noun (Walking Pole):
    • The circus performer walked gracefully on stilts.
    • Children love to try walking on stilts at the fair.
  • Noun (Supporting Post):
    • The beach house is built on stilts to protect it from high tides.
    • The engineers drove the concrete stilts deep into the riverbed.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be on stilts": Used figuratively to describe someone who is exceptionally tall or something that seems artificially elevated or exaggerated.
    • He's so tall, he looks like he's on stilts.
    • Her writing style is a bit on stilts—it's very formal and unnatural.
Variants and Related Words
  • Stilted (adj): (Of speech, writing, or behavior) stiff, unnatural, and overly formal.
    • Their conversation was stilted and awkward.
  • Stilt-bird (n): Another term for the stilt (the bird).
Synonyms
  • For the bird: wader, shorebird.
  • For the walking pole: peg leg, (in specific contexts) xylo.
  • For the support: piling, post, column, pillar.
Related Phrases
  • On stilts: Literally using stilts to walk; figuratively, being pompous or unnaturally elevated.
    • The actor performed the entire scene on stilts.
    • His academic prose is always on stilts.
stilt

A child carefully walks on stilts across a grassy park.

Noun
  1. long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
  2. long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
  3. 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
  4. a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure

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