stilt
Example Sentences
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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
Suited up in black spandex and gloves with bits of fur, Henry wore arm extenders and stilts, depending on whether Cokey was on four legs or two, that enabled him to move like a quadruped.
From New York Times
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