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stair

(steəʳ)
Word forms: plural stairs
1. plural noun
Stairs are a set of steps inside a building which go from one floor to another.
Nancy began to climb the stairs.
We walked up a flight of stairs.
He learned to walk safely up and down stairs.
He stopped at the top of the stairs.
...a stair carpet.
2. singular noun
A stair is a flight of stairs.
[literary]
I followed her down the stair.
3. countable noun
A stair is one of the steps in a flight of stairs.
Terry was sitting on the bottom stair.

stair in British English

(stɛə)
noun
1. 
one of a flight of stairs
2. 
a series of steps
a narrow stair
Word origin
Old English stæger; related to stīg narrow path, stīgan to ascend, descend, Old Norse steigurligr upright, Middle Dutch steiger ladder

stair in American English

(stɛr)
noun
1.  [usually pl.]
a flight of steps; stairway
2. 
a single step, esp. one of a series forming a stairway
Word origin
ME steire < OE stæger < base of stigan, to climb: see stile1

Examples of 'stair' in a sentence
stair

Aislinn resisted only lightly as he drew her with him up the stone stairs.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
We stopped having stairs on sets after that.
The Sun (2013)
They meet at the bottom of the stairs.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The voice was muffled but grew louder as unsteady feet mounted the stairs.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
You can climb the stairs to various floors that still contain the mill machinery.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Another item for preservation is a notice on the spiral stair to the attic.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Under the stairs in one of the dormitories some unknown hand had written.
Brian Thompson DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America (2004)
When she descends the stairs in the morning she needs cheesy background music.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We went up a flight of narrow stairs.
Christianity Today (2000)
Take the stairs instead of the lift.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The sour smell of weed hits them as they climb the stairs.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
 Walk up the stairs at a regular pace and breathe deeply while climbing.
The Sun (2007)
There are steep stairs to four floors and beautiful antiques throughout.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There is rather a nice green carpet on the stairs.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The stairs leading to the ground floor are a highlight.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There is a fire door at the bottom of the stairs to the loft room.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Her short legs had seemed to have been mounting hundreds of stairs.
Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess (1905)
The property was in a dreadful condition with no floors or stairs and was slipping into ruin.
The Sun (2012)
Stand with one foot on a bench or stair and one on the floor.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He will shortly descend the stairs of the restaurant backwards.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
On two of three sets of stairs, shrouded women stood like statues.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The spiral stairs threading through the building are also all of wood, each a little marvel of ingenious construction.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)

In other languages
stair

British English: stair NOUN
Stairs are a set of steps inside a building which go from one floor to another.
They began to climb the stairs.
  • American English: stair
  • Brazilian Portuguese: escada
  • Chinese: > 楼梯建筑物内楼层之间的
  • European Spanish: escaleras
  • French: escalier
  • German: Treppe
  • Italian: scale
  • Japanese: 階段
  • Korean: > 계단한 단 한 단의
  • European Portuguese: escadas
  • Latin American Spanish: escaleras

Chinese translation of 'stair'

stair

(stɛəʳ)

n (c)

  1. (= step) 梯级(級) (tījí) (层, céng)

Derived Forms

stairs n pl (= flight of steps) 楼(樓)梯 (lóutī)
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