Advertisement
Advertisement
downstairs
[ adverb noun doun-stairz; adjective doun-stairz ]
adjective
- Also downstair. pertaining to or situated on a lower floor, especially the ground floor.
noun
- (used with a singular verb) the lower floor or floors of a building:
The downstairs is being painted.
- the stairway designated for use by people descending:
Don't try to go up the downstairs.
downstairs
/ ˈ岹ʊˈɛə /
adverb
- down the stairs; to or on a lower floor
noun
- a lower or ground floor
- ( as modifier )
a downstairs room
- informal.the servants of a household collectively Compare upstairs
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of downstairs1
Example Sentences
She heard glass shattering which was the defendant breaking the downstairs window, the prosecutor said.
She said she had managed to save, with the help of her family, to buy carpet for the property but it had been damaged in a fire, leaving her with no flooring downstairs.
"Luckily there was a downstairs window that was open and I didn't even think about it, I went straight in."
“It was watching my father go upstairs to his office and type away for eight or nine hours and then come downstairs. Or we didn’t see him for two or three months.”
Their brother Ben enjoys playing on his Xbox with friends, but says he drags himself back downstairs to do work when he realises he has been ignoring his revision a little too long.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse