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1.
Stilts are long upright pieces of wood or metal on which some buildings are built, especially where the ground is wet or very soft.
They inhabit reed huts built on ~s above the water.
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2.
Stilts are two long pieces of wood with pieces for the feet fixed high up on the sides so that people can stand on them and walk high above the ground.
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