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How to pronounce riser in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms riser main, riser pipe, riser pipeline
Type of piping, pipage, pipe
Type Words
Type of somebody, someone, soul, person, individual, mortal
Has types early bird
Derivation rise


he's usually a late riser.
Type Words
Type of structural member

Examples of riser

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More successful was positioning a riser insertion tube into the wide burst pipe.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Two of those would go to vertical riser pipes that are anchored on the sea floor.
From the sacbee.com
He is in contact with a sound man who is stationed on the floor behind the riser.
From the post-gazette.com
This in effect means they're disconnecting from the lower marine riser package.
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Still armed with Pledge, I sprayed and swiped each riser, adding instant shine.
From the denverpost.com
The Chikyu is the first riser-equipped scientific research vessel in the world.
From the sciencedaily.com
The first cut, in a kink of the riser pipe near the BOP, was completed overnight.
From the chron.com
The speedster from North Carolina is also the fastest riser in the class of 2009.
From the usatoday.com
If you're an early riser, you should also avoid cabins below a theater's stage.
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More examples
  • 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
  • A riser, also known as a feeder, is a built into a metal casting mold to prevent due to shrinkage. Most metals are less dense as a liquid than as a solid so castings shrink upon cooling, which can leave a void at the last point to solidify. ...
  • Someone or something which rises; A platform or stand used to lift or elevate something; The vertical part of a step on a staircase; The main body of a bow; A conduit or path between floors of a building for placement of telephone, networking, and other utility cables
  • (Risers) the flow channels or pipes that distribute the heat transfer liquid from the headers across the face of an absorber plate (see Header).
  • (Risers) The webbing that connects the harness to the suspension lines. At the bottom of the risers will be a mechanism for attaching and releasing the risers and harness, usually in the form of a three ring release. On the rear risers are the brakes/steering lines. ...
  • (Risers) A series of locks having no intermediate pounds, so that the top gates of one forms the bottom gates of the next. Also called staircase locks.
  • (Risers) A set of 3-4 webbings that collect all the cascading lines from the wing to a single hang point by which the harness is suspended. [Known also as V-bridle]