Usually means: Elevated poles for walking, support.
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  1. stilt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stilt: Merriam-Webster
  3. stilt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stilt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. stilt: Collins English Dictionary
  6. stilt: Vocabulary.com
  7. Stilt, stilt: Wordnik
  8. stilt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. stilt: Wiktionary
  10. stilt: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. stilt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. stilt: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. stilt: Dictionary.com
  14. stilt: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Stilt (ceramics), Stilt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Stilt: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. stilt: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. stilt: Rhymezone
  19. stilt: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. stilt: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. stilt: FreeDictionary.org
  22. stilt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. stilt: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. stilt: Legal dictionary

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  1. stilt: Encyclopedia

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  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. STILT: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Stilt: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
noun:  A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.
noun:  Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
noun:  A crutch.
noun:  The handle of a plough.
verb:  to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts
verb:  to apply unnecessary pomp or formality

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