stairnoun
uk/steər/us/ster/stairs [ plural ]
More examples
- I heard a creak on the stairs.
- Aikiko fell down some stairs and broke her wrist.
- We live up three flights of stairs.
- I tripped going up the stairs and my books went flying.
- She was standing at the top of the stairs.
A2 a set of steps that lead from one level of a building to another:
Go up the stairs and her office is on the right.
I had to climb a steep flight (= set) of stairs to her front door.
He stood at the foot (= bottom) of the stairs and called out, "Breakfast's ready!"
[ C ] one of the steps in a set of steps that lead from one level of a building to another:
The top stair creaked as she went upstairs and the noise woke up her mother.
[ S ] old use or literary a set of stairs:
He climbed the wooden stair and knocked on his grandfather's door.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Parts of buildings: stairs & lifts
- chairlift
- chute
- doorstep
- drag lift
- dumb waiter
- elevator
- escalator
- fire escape
- ladder
- lift
- ramp
- rope ladder
- rung
- staircase
- stairway
- step
- stepladder
- stoep
- stoop
- tread
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Idiom(s)
below/above stairs