1
: one that rises (as from sleep)
2
: the upright member between two stair treads
3
: a stage platform on which performers are placed for greater visibility
4
: a vertical pipe (as for water or gas) or a vertical portion of an electric wiring system
5
: one of the straps that connects a parachutist's harness with the shroud lines
Examples of riser in a Sentence
The school choir stood on the risers for the concert.
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The favorite dish for late-night diners and early-morning risers has three simple components: a buttermilk biscuit, a crispy chicken strip, and honey butter.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2025
Goode almost always worked in a series — for instance, making multiple sculptures of staircases whose orderly repetition of rectilinear treads and risers put a domestic tongue firmly in the industrial cheek of Minimalist art’s crisp geometry.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Marner found the puck, floated into a soft spot between the dots and ripped a riser over Jeremy Swayman’s glove.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Surprisingly, my height is a nonissue for the Branch riser.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2025
Goode almost always worked in a series — for instance, making multiple sculptures of staircases whose orderly repetition of rectilinear treads and risers put a domestic tongue firmly in the industrial cheek of Minimalist art’s crisp geometry.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Marner found the puck, floated into a soft spot between the dots and ripped a riser over Jeremy Swayman’s glove.
—Fluto Shinzawa, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Surprisingly, my height is a nonissue for the Branch riser.
—Lauren Arzbaecher, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Riser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/riser. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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riser
noun
ris·er
ˈrī-zər 
1
: one that rises (as from sleep)
an early riser
2
: the upright board between two stair treads
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