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stairs

UK/ˈstɛəz//ˈstɛɹz/

stairs is the plural of stair.

Meaning of stair

Noun

stair (plural stairs)

  1. A single step in a staircase.
    Synonyms:
    step
  2. A series of steps; a staircase.
    • Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish

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Noun

stairs pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
    • There're two cats at the top of the stairs.
    • At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe...1762, Charles Johnstone, The Reverie; or, A Flight to the Paradise of Fools, volume 2, Dublin: Printed by Dillon Chamberlaine, →OCLC, page 202
    Synonyms:
    stairway, staircase

Proper noun capitalized: Stairs

Stairs

  1. (plural) plural of Stair

Synonyms of stairs

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Questions about stairs

What does stairs mean?
Stairs means a contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
What is stairs the plural of?
Stairs is the plural of stair.
What part of speech is stairs?
Stairs can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce stairs?
Stairs is pronounced /ˈstɛəz/ (UK).

Words near stairs in the dictionary

  1. stairless
  2. stairlessness
  3. stairlift
  4. stairlifts
  5. stairlike
  6. stairs
  7. stairstep
  8. stairstep moss
  9. stairsteps
  10. stairtower
  11. stairtowers

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