riser

See also: Riser and ríser

English

Etymology

From Middle English ryser, risere, equivalent to rise +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪ.zə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

riser (plural risers)

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1. Someone or something which rises.
2. A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.

   The choir stood on risers for the performance.

3. (carpentry) A vertical part of a step on a staircase.
4. (archery) The main body of a bow.
5. 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).
6. A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
7. A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
8. A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.
9. (Casting (metalworking)) a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
10. (colloquial, countable) A male's erection.

Coordinate terms

• (Manx cat): longy, rumpy
• (vertical part of a step): run, tread

Derived terms

• dry riser
• early riser
• high-riser
• late riser
• Pfizer riser
• wet riser

Translations

someone or something

Indonesian: penaik

platform

French: élévateur (fr) m, praticable (fr) m

part of a step

French: contremarche (fr) f, contre-marche (fr) f German: Setzstufe f Indonesian: anak tangga naik Italian: alzata (it) f Portuguese: espelho (pt) m Russian: подступёнок (ru) m (podstupjónok) Spanish: contrahuella f

main body of a bow

Indonesian: daun busur, batang busur Portuguese: corpo (pt) m Spanish: cuerpo (es) m

conduct

Czech: stoupačka f French: gaine (fr) f, gaine technique (fr) f Spanish: conducto vertical m

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

riser

1. present tense of rise