stair


Definition: Meaning of, stair in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / stɛː /

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stair stairs
  1. stairs [plural] a set of steps built for going from one level of a building to another [↪  upstairs, downstairs]
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  2. [countable] one of the steps in a set of stairs
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  3. [singular] literary a STAIRCASE
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  4. below stairs British English old-fashioned in the servants' part of a large house, in the past
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stair used in phrases

  • stair-carpet (noun)
    1. a strip of carpet for laying on stairs
  • stair-rod (noun)
    1. a rod that holds a stair-carpet in the angle between two steps
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