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stilt

[stilt] / stɪlt /
















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On the opposite side, a ramshackle cabin hovered over the water on wooden stilts.

From Literature

The Jetsons live in the sky above Earth, on houses built on tall stilts.

From The Wall Street Journal

He stood over us, twelve feet tall in spangled top hat and stilts.

From Literature

Over half of it will be elevated -- a major concern for Alexandrians who fear the tree-lined track will be replaced by eyesore concrete stilts.

From Barron's

My family lived in a Midcentury-Modern home with a front balcony on stilts and a large backyard.

From The Wall Street Journal