Dictionary

riser en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ (UK)
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Etymology

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

Meanings

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. A vertical part of a step on a staircase.
4. 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. 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) An erection of the penis.
11. An audio effect that gradually increases in frequency, pitch, or volume.

Forms

Coordinates

tread (vertical part of a step) · longy · run (vertical part of a step) · rumpy

Deriveds

high-riser · late riser · dry riser · midriser · Pfizer riser · early riser · wet riser

Translations (19)

fr contre-marche (part of a step) · fr élévateur (platform) · id batang busur (main body of a bow) · fr gaine (conduct) · es cuerpo (main body of a bow) · fr contremarche (part of a step) · ru подступёнок (part of a step) · es contrahuella (part of a step) · id daun busur (main body of a bow) · pt corpo (main body of a bow) · id anak tangga naik (part of a step) · de Setzstufe (part of a step) · cs stoupačka (conduct) · fr praticable (platform) · fr gaine technique (conduct) · it alzata (part of a step) · pt espelho (part of a step) · id penaik (someone or something) · es conducto vertical (conduct)