stilt
Example Sentences
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On the opposite side, a ramshackle cabin hovered over the water on wooden stilts.
From Literature
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The Jetsons live in the sky above Earth, on houses built on tall stilts.
He stood over us, twelve feet tall in spangled top hat and stilts.
From Literature
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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 Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.