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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stairs /stɛəz/ pl n - a flight of steps leading from one storey or level to another, esp indoors
- below stairs ⇒ Brit in the servants' quarters; in domestic service
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stair /stɛr/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Buildingone of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another.
- Building stairs, [plural] such steps thought of as a group, esp. as forming a flight or a series of flights.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stair (stâr),USA pronunciation n. - Buildingone of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- Building stairs, such steps collectively, esp. as forming a flight or a series of flights:I was so excited I ran all the way up the stairs.
- Buildinga series or flight of steps;
stairway:a winding stair.
- bef. 1000; Middle English stey(e)r, Old English stǣger; cognate with Dutch, Low German steiger landing; akin to sty1
stair′less, adj. stair′like′, adj. |