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understairs

understairs noun: a basement or cellar constructed, or accessed, from underneath the stairs.

Noun

understairs

  1. A basement or cellar constructed, or accessed, from underneath the stairs.

Origin of understairs

From under- + stairs.

Questions about understairs

What does understairs mean?
Understairs means a basement or cellar constructed, or accessed, from underneath the stairs.
What part of speech is understairs?
Understairs is a noun.

Words near understairs in the dictionary

  1. understain
  2. understained
  3. understaining
  4. understains
  5. understair
  6. understairs
  7. understand
  8. understand the assignment
  9. understand trap
  10. understandabilities
  11. understandability

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