different between stilt vs basement

English

Etymology

From Middle English stilte, stulte, from Old English *stilte, *stylte, from Proto-Germanic *stiltij?, *staltij?, *stultij? (“stilt”), from Proto-Germanic *stelt- (“to be stiff”). Akin to Danish stylte, Dutch stelt, German Stelze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?lt/
• Rhymes: -?lt

Noun

stilt (plural stilts)

1. Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.
2. A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.
3. Any of various wading birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, related to the avocet, that have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
4. A crutch.
5. The handle of a plough.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Derived terms

• black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
• stilt plover (Himantopus knudseni)
• stilt sandpiper (Calidris himantopus)

Translations

Verb

stilt (third-person singular simple present stilts, present participle stilting, simple past and past participle stilted)

1. to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts

Further reading

• stilt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Litts, tilts

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• stillet (Etymology 3)

Verb

stilt

1. past participle of stille

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

stilt

1. past participle of stilla

Etymology 2

Adjective

stilt

1. neuter singular of still

English

Etymology

base +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?sm?nt/
• Rhymes: -e?sm?nt
• Hyphenation: base?ment

Noun

basement (plural basements)

1. A floor of a building below ground level.

   • Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

3. (geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
4. (sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference standings.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• beastmen, beatsmen