riser

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Synonyms: rise, miser, river, ricer, rimer, rider, risen, wiser, roser, riuer, riper

Antonyms: rise, miser, river, ricer, rimer, rider, risen, wiser, roser, riuer, riper

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. Someone or something which [[rise]]s.
2. A [[platform]] or [[stand]] used to [[lift]] or [[elevate]] something.
3. {{lb|en|carpentry}} A [[vertical]] part of a [[step]] on a [[staircase]].
4. {{lb|en|archery}} The main [[body]] of a [[bow]].
5. A vertical [[utility]] [[conduit]], [[pipe]] or [[path]] between floors of a building for [[placement]] of [[cable]]s (e.g. [[telephone]], [[networking]]), or to [[convey]] [[fluid]]s (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]] [[line]]s.
9. {{lb|en|metallurgy}} A [[reservoir]] built into a metal [[casting]] [[mold]] to prevent the formation of [[cavity|cavities]] in the [[Wikipedia:Riser (casting)|casting]] as the metal shrinks on cooling.
10. {{lb|en|colloquial|countable}} An [[erection]] of the [[penis]].
11. An [[audio]] [[effect]] that gradually [[increase]]s in [[frequency]], [[pitch]]{{,}} or [[volume]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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