stilt

[US]/stɪlt/
[UK]/stɪlt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a tall post or pole on which a building can be supported above the ground
vt. to raise or support on stilts

Phrases & Collocations

on stilts

stilt walking

Example Sentences

we made stilted conversation.

a house built on stilts to allow air to circulate beneath.

villages of stilted houses.

All too soon the stilted conversation ran out.

he is talking nonsense on stilts, and he knows it.

the formal tone of the programmes caused them to sound stilted and unnatural.

Wide, traffic-jammed fumy highways swept on stilts between the tower blocks.

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