STILTED
/ΛstΙͺltΙͺd/
8
Scrabble
9
WWF
S(1) T(1) I(1) L(1) T(1) E(1) D(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
/ΛstΙͺltΙͺd/
verb
- To raise on stilts, or as if on stilts
adjective
- Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
- Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.“He gave a stilted bow and left.”
- Of a building or architectural feature such as an arch or vault: supported by stilts; also (generally) having the main part raised above the usual level by some structure.
Source: Wiktionary
