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stair

[stair]

noun

  1. one of a flight or series of steps for going from one level to another, as in a building.

  2. stairs, such steps collectively, especially as forming a flight or a series of flights.

    I was so excited I ran all the way up the stairs.

  3. a series or flight of steps; stairway.

    a winding stair.



stair

/ ɛə /

noun

  1. one of a flight of stairs

  2. a series of steps

    a narrow stair

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • stairless adjective
  • stairlike adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stair1

before 1000; Middle English stey ( e ) r, Old English ǣ; cognate with Dutch, Low German steiger landing; akin to sty 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of stair1

Old English æ ; related to ī narrow path, īan to ascend, descend, Old Norse steigurligr upright, Middle Dutch steiger ladder
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He had some of the ingredients already on hand, but as he was going down the stairs to where the food processor was to make the mayonnaise, Baldwin recalled changing his mind.

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A fall down the stairs at his home in County Tyrone left him paralysed from the chest down with limited use of his limbs.

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Then the plot departs from reality and descends into macabre humor, with Cole accidentally pushing the old lady down the stairs, killing her.

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He also discovers a mystical portal at the top of the stairs that the script doesn’t satisfyingly explore.

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A man who killed his wife and kept her body hidden for years under the stairs of their County Cork home has been sentenced to life in prison.

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