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stair - What does it mean?

Definition of 'stair'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A single step in a staircase.
  • A series of steps, a staircase.
  • *{{quote-book|year=1899|author=(Hughes Mearns)
  • |title= |passage=Yesterday, upon the stair  / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …}}

    Usage notes

    * Stairs'' and ''stair are used to refer to a single staircase, mostly interchangeably in the UK.

    Derived terms

    * above-stairs * upstairs * downstairs * stair-stepping (rel-mid) * staircase * stairs * stairway * stairwell (rel-bottom)

    See also

    * ladder * landing

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