An early riser is someone who likes to get up early in the morning. A late riser is someone who likes to get up late.
He was an early riser and he would be at the breakfast table at seven.
2. countable noun
A riser is the flat vertical part of a step or a stair.
[technical]
riser in British English
(ˈraɪzə)
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
riser in American English
(ˈraɪzər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that rises
2.
any of the vertical pieces between the steps in a stairway
riser in Mechanical Engineering
(raɪzər)
Word forms: (regular plural) risers
noun
(Mechanical engineering: Manufacturing and assembly)
A riser is a pipe or duct up which a fluid flows.
Oil travels up through the riser to the surface.
Molten metal is poured into the casting through a runner, displacing air which escapesthrough a riser.
A riser is a pipe or duct up which a fluid flows.
riser in the Oil and Gas Industry
(raɪzər)
Word forms: (regular plural) risers
noun
(Extractive engineering: Field development, Drilling)
A riser is a large steel pipe which is connected to the seabed and used as a conduit for the drill string.
The riser provides a continuous pathway for the drill string and fluids emanating from thewellbore.
A riser is used on floating offshore drilling rigs to establish a seal between the top ofthe wellbore, which is on the ocean floor, and the drilling equipment, located abovethe surface of the water.
A riser is a large steel pipe which is connected to the seabed and used as a conduit forthe drill string.
Examples of 'riser' in a sentence
riser
There are bright planets to keep early risers company.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I'm an early riser and am usually up before the sun.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I'm an early riser and frequently at my desk at 5am.
The Sun (2016)
Miners provided eight of the top ten risers.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Meanwhile home builders produced three of the top four risers of the day.
The Sun (2007)
Why; are you an early riser?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Furthermore, four of the five biggest risers within the listing are family owned.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Food retailers joined housebuilders at the top of the risers' board.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Leading the risers' board were natural resources and mining stocks as the price of aluminium and copper rose.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So when the early risers turned up to play, they found a course in pristine condition with receptive greens.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Lie in or early riser?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Early riser Opera or soap opera?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Mining companies made up many of the top risers, with copper hitting a record high amid expectations of stronger demand next year.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I've always been an early riser.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
How the early riser (or all-night essayist?
The Times Literary Supplement (2013)
Early riser or long lie-in?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The previous cap over the well's riser pipe was ill-fitting.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The balloons drifted over the city at about 7am, with early risers running out of their homes to take photos.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
With investors in the mood to book profits, it was no surprise that some of last week's leading risers lost ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Sunrise often rewards early risers with peaceful and empty scenery Clouds can either kill or make a sunrise or sunset view, and their effects are unpredictable.