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stairsteps

stairsteps is the plural of stairstep.

Meaning of stairstep

Noun

stairstep (plural stairsteps)

  1. Any of the steps in a staircase

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Adjective

stairsteps (not comparable)

  1. Having distinct evenly-spaced values, especially when arranged in order.
    • I am the matronly mother of four girls: Lavinia is eleven now; the others stairsteps.1982, Helen Hooven Santmyer, "...And Ladies of the Club" (OSU Press, 1982) (Berkley edition, p. 844, Chapter "1892–1893")

Questions about stairsteps

What does stairsteps mean?
Stairsteps means having distinct evenly-spaced values, especially when arranged in order.
What is stairsteps the plural of?
Stairsteps is the plural of stairstep.
What part of speech is stairsteps?
Stairsteps is an adjective.

Words near stairsteps in the dictionary

  1. stairlifts
  2. stairlike
  3. stairs
  4. stairstep
  5. stairstep moss
  6. stairsteps
  7. stairtower
  8. stairtowers
  9. stairward
  10. stairwards
  11. stairway

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