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Meaning of Riser | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɹaɪ.zə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. Someone or something which rises.
  2. A surname.
  3. A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
  4. A vertical part of a step on a staircase.
  5. The main body of a bow.
  6. 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).
  7. A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
  8. A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
  9. A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.
  10. A reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
  11. A male's erection.

Equivalents

Examples

“The choir stood on risers for the performance.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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