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stilt

[stilt] / stɪlt /
















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A few have built stilt houses that stand on columns to fight tidal floods.

From Seattle Times

The contrast between tiny wooden and tabby homes on family compounds and newer, modern homes with double the square footage built atop cemented stilts is apparent.

From Scientific American

"Unless we put our house on stilts, I'd be terrified every time it rained."

From BBC

As a dreamy soundtrack plays in the background, she arrives at “Spa Sybarite,” where futuristic stone treatment pods hover on stilts above a desert landscape.

From New York Times

The hills are strewn with houses on makeshift foundations, perched on haphazard stilts and shipping containers.

From Los Angeles Times