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riser¹
- /ˈɹaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ UK
Rhymes with -aɪzə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English ryser, risere, equivalent to rise + -er.
noun risers
- Someone or something which rises.
- A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something. The choir stood on risers for the performance.
- A vertical part of a step on a staircase.
- The main body of a bow.
- A vertical utility conduit, pipe or path between floors of a building for placement of cables (e.g. telephone, networking), or to convey fluids (e.g. gas, water).
- A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
- A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
- A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.
- A reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
- An erection of the penis.
- An audio effect that gradually increases in frequency, pitch, or volume.
Riser²
proper noun Risers
- A surname.
Translations
Every language
noun platform
| Français | élévateur, praticable |
|---|
noun part of a step
| Español | contrahuella |
|---|---|
| Português | espelho |
| Français | contremarche, contre-marche |
| Deutsch | Setzstufe |
| Italiano | alzata |
| Русский | подступёнок podstupjónok |
noun conduct
| Español | conducto vertical |
|---|---|
| Français | gaine, gaine technique |
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