riser

[ rahy-zer ]

noun
  1. a person who rises, especially from bed: to be an early riser.

  2. the vertical face of a stair step.

  1. any of a group of long boards or narrow platforms that can be combined in stepwise fashion: The choir stood on a horseshoe of risers behind the orchestra.

  2. a vertical pipe, duct, or conduit.

  3. Metallurgy. a chamber or enlarged opening at the top of a mold for allowing air to escape or adding extra metal.

  4. Nautical.

    • a heavy strake of planking in the vicinity of the garboard strake in a wooden vessel.

Origin of riser

1
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at rise, -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for riser

riser

/ (ˈraɪzə) /


noun
  1. a person who rises, esp from bed: an early riser

  2. the vertical part of a stair or step

  1. a vertical pipe, esp one within a building

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