stairstep
1 of 3noun
1
: a step in a flight of stairs
2
stairsteps plural : a flight of stairs
stairstep
2 of 3intransitive verb
"
: to move up or down like the steps in a stairway
narrow streets stairstep up the slopes 
Geography School Bulletin
Geography School Bulletinstair-step
3 of 3adjective
: resembling the steps in a stairway
stair-step levels of terrain
especially : moving up or down like steps in a stairway
stair-step inflation
Word History
Etymology
Noun
stair + step
- makatea
- Makati
- make
- make (a) nonsense of
- make (any) sense of
- make (someone) an honest woman
- make (something) known
- make (something) one's own
- make (something) stick
- make a afternoon of it
- make a beeline for
- make a big deal (out) of (something)
- make a big deal of
- make a big deal of something
- make a big deal out of
- make a big deal out of something
- make a big difference
- make a big thing about of
- make a big thing about of something
- make a big thing about/out of (something)
- make a big thing out of
- make a big thing out of something
- make a bolt for
- make a bolt for it
- make a botch of