upstairs
adverb /ʌpˈstɛːz 
/
/On or to an upper floor of a building: I tiptoed upstairs...
- There is tongue and groove flooring in all rooms upstairs.
- Having outgrown those premises, the business is about to take over 2,500 sq ft upstairs in the same building.
- The most intriguing part of the film is the hierarchy of a household where the upper classes live upstairs and the servants downstairs.
adjective /ˈʌpstɛːz /
/ (also upstair) [attributive] Situated on an upper floor: an upstairs bedroom...
- It had an upstair floor with tables and you could see part of the dance floor and the bar from there.
- He and a colleague had broken into the house and found a body on the floor of an upstairs bedroom.
- An electrical fault was believed to have triggered the fire, which raged through an upstairs bedroom, causing the floor to collapse into the front room.
noun
An upper floor: she was cleaning the upstairs...
- Polished wooden floors cover the upstairs of the house.
- The two-storeyed common area has an office room, a hall, dining rooms and a large kitchen and a work area on the ground floor and guest rooms and a hall on the upstairs.
- The ground floor includes a bar and lounge, and the upstairs could be converted into a restaurant or function room, subject to planning permission.
Phrases
Him (or the man) upstairs