riser

American  

[rahy-zer] / ˈraɪ zər /

noun

• risers
  plural

1. a person who rises, especially from bed.

   to be an early riser.

2. the vertical face of a stair step.

3. 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.

4. a vertical pipe, duct, or conduit.

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

6. Nautical.

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

   2. rising.

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riser British  

/ ˈraɪzə /

noun

1. a person who rises, esp from bed

   an early riser

2. the vertical part of a stair or step

3. a vertical pipe, esp one within a building

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• risers
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of riser

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

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Example Sentences

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riser risers

Whether you're an early riser or a night owl will dictate what appeals more to you.

From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026

“I got up on the riser, pulled the piano bench back a little bit — and it went over the side and I fell over backwards,” Troup confessed in a later interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

Workday stock was the S&P 500’s biggest riser, up 7.2%, while the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector exchanged-traded fund climbed 1.6%.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

The Polish miner is the fastest riser in the Europe-wide Stoxx 600 index.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

It is like the one redheaded early riser in a family of dark-haired night owls.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Most of the big risers were in China, with Ningde the most prominent, up 24 places to 75th.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Early risers could be treated to a gathering of Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter around 14 November.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

As a whole, Sfeir said Orange County has shown strong job growth in the last few years, explaining its representation on the list of income risers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Wise Group shares led the Stoxx 600 index risers Friday after the payment processor reported a market-beating profit and outlined a fresh $500 million buyback program.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Behind it were three rows of risers; each one was sue inches taller than the one before it.

From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor

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