riser

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See also: Riser and ríser

English

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A bronze casting showing the vertical metal spikes that solidified in the risers as it cooled

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹaɪ.zə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

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diagram of a flight of stairs, the riser is labelled "rise height"

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.

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Verb

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riser

  1. present tense of rise