Riser
noun
1.
a person who rises, especially from bed:
to be an early riser.
2.
the vertical face of a stair step.
3.
any of a group of long boards or narrow platforms that can be combined in stepwise fashion:
The choir stood on a horseshoe of risers behind the orchestra.
4.
a vertical pipe, duct, or conduit.
5.
Metallurgy. a chamber or enlarged opening at the top of a mold for allowing air to escape or adding extra metal.
6.
Nautical.
a heavy strake of planking in the vicinity of the garboard strake in a wooden vessel.
rising (def 10).
noun
1.
a person who rises, esp from bed: an early riser
2.
the vertical part of a stair or step
3.
a vertical pipe, esp one within a building
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