stair

noun

/steə(r)/

/ster/

Idioms

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stairs
[plural] a set of steps built between two floors inside a building
- We had to carry the piano up three flights of stairs.
- He climbed the stairs to his bedroom
- up/down the stairs The children ran up the stairs.
- on the stairs He remembered passing her on the stairs.
- at the bottom/top of the stairs
see also downstairs, upstairs
Extra Examples
- My kids sat on the basement stairs.
- Take the back stairs.
- The stairs creaked as I went down.
- We went up three flights of stairs.
- a closet under the stairs
- the stairs to the third floor
- He was standing at the foot of the stairs looking up.
Topics Houses and homesa2, Buildingsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- steep
- wide
- narrow
- …
… of stairs
- flight
verb + stairs
- ascend
- climb
- mount
- …
stairs + verb
- go down to something
- go up to something
- lead to something
- …
stair + noun
- rod
- rail
- gate
- …
preposition
- under the stairs
- stairs down to
- stairs to
- …
phrases
- the bottom of the stairs
- the foot of the stairs
- the head of the stairs
- …
See full entry
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[countable] one of the steps in a set of stairs
- How many stairs are there up to the second floor?
Extra Examples
- He sat waiting on the bottom stair.
- The third stair creaked as I stepped on it.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- top
- bottom
preposition
- on a/the stair
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(literary)
(also staircase)
[singular] a set of stairs inside a building including the banisters (= posts and bars that are fixed at the side)
- The house had a panelled hall and a fine oak stair.

Word OriginOld English stǣger, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steiger ‘scaffolding’, from a base meaning ‘climb’.

Idioms

below stairs

(British English, old-fashioned) in the part of a house where the servants lived in the past

单词	stair
释义	stair adjective /steə(r)/ /ster/ [only before noun] jump to other results on, of or for stairs the stair carpet The carpet was held in place by brass stair rods. stair noun /steə(r)/ /ster/ Idioms jump to other results stairs [plural] a set of steps built between two floors inside a building We had to carry the piano up three flights of stairs. He climbed the stairs to his bedroom up/down the stairs The children ran up the stairs. on the stairs He remembered passing her on the stairs. at the bottom/top of the stairs see also downstairs, upstairs Extra Examples My kids sat on the basement stairs. Take the back stairs. The stairs creaked as I went down. We went up three flights of stairs. a closet under the stairs the stairs to the third floor He was standing at the foot of the stairs looking up. Topics Houses and homesa2, Buildingsa2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective steep wide narrow … … of stairs flight verb + stairs ascend climb mount … stairs + verb go down to something go up to something lead to something … stair + noun rod rail gate … preposition under the stairs stairs down to stairs to … phrases the bottom of the stairs the foot of the stairs the head of the stairs … See full entry enlarge image [countable] one of the steps in a set of stairs How many stairs are there up to the second floor? Extra Examples He sat waiting on the bottom stair. The third stair creaked as I stepped on it. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective top bottom preposition on a/the stair See full entry (literary) (also staircase) [singular] a set of stairs inside a building including the banisters (= posts and bars that are fixed at the side) The house had a panelled hall and a fine oak stair. Word OriginOld English stǣger, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch steiger ‘scaffolding’, from a base meaning ‘climb’. Idioms below stairs (British English, old-fashioned) in the part of a house where the servants lived in the past
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