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staired

UK/stɛəd/US/stɛɹd/

staired adjective: having (a specified kind or number of) stairs.

Adjective

staired (not comparable)

  1. Having (a specified kind or number of) stairs.
    • In a device of the kind described, a plurality of platforms normally horizontally disposed in staired arrangement, each of said platforms comprising a pair of elongated platform elements[…]1961, Canadian Patent Office record, volume 89, page 7750
    • They are variously described as simple, compound, hanging, tandem or two-staired, intersecting and nivation cirques.1968, William David Thornbury, Principles of geomorphology, page 358

Origin of staired

From stair + -ed.

Words that rhyme with staired

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Questions about staired

What does staired mean?
Staired means having (a specified kind or number of) stairs.
What part of speech is staired?
Staired is an adjective.
How do you pronounce staired?
Staired is pronounced /stɛɹd/ (US).

Words near staired in the dictionary

  1. stairchair
  2. stairchairs
  3. stairclimber
  4. stairclimbers
  5. stairclimbing
  6. staired
  7. stairflight
  8. stairflights
  9. stairfoot
  10. stairfoots
  11. stairful

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