Stair
n.
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One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.
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A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only.
Phrases & Compounds
- Below stairs
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in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are.
- Flight of stairs
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the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story.
- Pair of stairs
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a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n., 1.
- Run of stairs
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a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
- Stair rod
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a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place.
- Up stairs
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See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.