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stair
[ stair ]
noun
- one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.
- stairs, such steps collectively, especially as forming a flight or a series of flights:
I was so excited I ran all the way up the stairs.
- a series or flight of steps; stairway:
a winding stair.
stair
/ ɛə /
noun
- one of a flight of stairs
- a series of steps
a narrow stair
Other Word Forms
- ٲl adjective
- ٲl adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of stair1
Example Sentences
She was resting on her bed, tired from days of attending Paris Fashion Week events, when she heard stomping up the stairs.
He then saw Janet's naked lifeless body lying at the bottom of the stairs.
It’s not suitable for young children or anyone with claustrophobia, rangers say, and the stairs are roughly as tall as a 20-story building.
The main entrance is wrecked, dried blood still visible on the stairs, the windows now gaping holes looking out over the River Nile.
Mrs Reynolds is only being given one meal a day and needed help to climb the four flights of stairs to the room where the judge sits, according to her daughter.
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