riser

Meanings

Plural: risers

Noun

• a person who rises (especially from bed)
  • "he's usually a late riser"
• a vertical pipe in a building
• structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step
• Someone or something which rises.
• A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something.
• A vertical part of a step on a staircase.
• The main body of a bow.
• 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).
• A pipe connecting an individual exhaust port of an internal combustion engine to the muffler, particularly on aircraft.
• A Manx cat with a showable short tail.
• A strip of webbing joining a parachute's harness to the rigging lines.
• a reservoir built into a metal casting mold to prevent the formation of cavities in the casting as the metal shrinks on cooling.
• A male's erection.

Synonyms

riser main, riser pipe, riser pipeline