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# stilt

noun (a stilt, stilts)

«stilt» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Stilts are a pair of long poles with footrests that you stand on to walk high above the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#m1)
2. Stilts are also tall posts that hold a house or building up above water or the ground. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#m2)
3. A stilt is a wading bird with very long thin pink legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#m3)
4. To get on your stilts is an informal way to say to act proud and pompous, as if you are better than others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#m4)

### In the lessons

Used in stories about circuses and fairs (stilt walkers), in geography about houses on stilts in flood areas, and in science about wading birds; phrases: on stilts, stilt walker, stilt house.

### Examples

- The clown walked on stilts at the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#x1)
- Houses on stilts stay dry when the river floods. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#x2)
- I fell off my stilts twice before I got the hang of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#x3)
- The stilt waded through the shallow lake. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#x4)
- Stilt walkers led the carnival parade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#x5)
- The beach hut stands on wooden stilts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#x6)
- "Don't get on your stilts," said the crone, "and I'll answer you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/#x7)

### Note

Usually plural: «a pair of stilts», «on stilts». Countable. «Stilted» (adjective) means stiff and unnatural, e.g. stilted speech.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «stilt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/stilt/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«stilt» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/stilt.html) on Mova free.