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

2 senses of stirrup

Sense 1
stirrup, stirrup iron -- (support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go)
       => support -- (any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf")

Sense 2
stapes, stirrup -- (the stirrup-shaped ossicle that transmits sound from the incus to the cochlea)
       => auditory ossicle -- (ossicles of the middle ear that transmit acoustic vibrations from the eardrum to the inner ear)