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riser

UK/ˈɹaɪ.zə(ɹ)/

riser noun: someone or something which rises.

riser: someone or something which rises
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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. A vertical part of a step on a staircase.
  4. 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.
  9. A reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
  10. (colloquial, countable) An erection of the penis.
  11. An audio effect that gradually increases in frequency, pitch, or volume.

Proper noun capitalized: Riser

Riser (plural Risers)

  1. A surname.

riser meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

riser in Tamil

ஏறிட உயர்த்தி, ஏறுகுழாய், ஏறுபடி, எழும்பி, ஏறு படி, ஏறுவழி

riser in Indonesian

someone or something
penaik
part of a step
anak tangga naik
main body of a bow
daun busur, batang busur

Forms of riser

Noun
pluralrisers
Proper noun
pluralRisers

Plural of riser: risers

Origin of riser

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

Words formed from riser

Words that rhyme with riser

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about riser

What does riser mean?
Riser means someone or something which rises.
What is riser in Tamil?
Riser in Tamil is ஏறிட உயர்த்தி, ஏறுகுழாய், ஏறுபடி. See Riser meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is riser?
Riser can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce riser?
Riser is pronounced /ˈɹaɪ.zə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of riser?
The plural of riser is risers.

Words near riser in the dictionary

  1. risen up
  2. risen with the lark
  3. risen with the sun
  4. risendronate
  5. Risens
  6. riser
  7. risers
  8. riserva
  9. riservas
  10. rises
  11. rises above

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Adapted from Wiktionary: riser (page history and authors); Riser (page history and authors); riser (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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