Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stilt

4 senses of stilt

Sense 1
pile, spile, piling, stilt -- (a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure)
       => column, pillar -- ((architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure)

Sense 2
stilt -- (one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground; "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts")
       => pole -- (a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic)

Sense 3
stilt, Australian stilt -- (long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia)
       => shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird -- (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)

Sense 4
stilt, stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover, Himantopus stilt -- (long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons)
       => shorebird, shore bird, limicoline bird -- (any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries)