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abovestairs

abovestairs is the alternative form of above stairs.

Meaning of above stairs

Noun

above stairs (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The part of a building above the ground level.

See all 3 meanings of above stairs

Origin of abovestairs

From above + stairs.

Questions about abovestairs

What is abovestairs the alternative form of?
Abovestairs is the alternative form of above stairs.

Words near abovestairs in the dictionary

  1. aboveproof
  2. abovequoted
  3. aboves'd
  4. abovesaid
  5. abovesigned
  6. abovestairs
  7. abovestated
  8. abovestreet
  9. Abovian
  10. Abovyan
  11. abowt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: abovestairs (page history and authors); above stairs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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