different between riser vs standpipe

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??a?.z?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?z?(r)

Noun

riser (plural risers)

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. The 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.

Coordinate terms

• (Manx cat): longy, rumpy
• (vertical part of a step): run, tread

Derived terms

• dry riser
• wet riser

Translations

Anagrams

• serir

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

riser

1. present tense of rise

English

Etymology

stand +? pipe

Noun

standpipe (plural standpipes)

1. A vertical pipe into which water is pumped so that a desired pressure is available at the bottom.
   1. (by extension) A vertical pipe used as an overflow protection drain in certain domestic plumbing fixtures (e.g. flush toilets).
2. The water supply of a building for the use of firefighters.