Stairs Definition & Meaning

Definition

Examples

Synonyms stairs British / stɛəz /

plural noun

1. a flight of steps leading from one storey or level to another, esp indoors

2. in the servants' quarters; in domestic service

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Example Sentences

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The show is buoyed by its classic stagecraft, with flats, escape stairs and rolling platforms.

From Los Angeles Times

Just days before Netflix airs a serialised adaptation of the novel, hundreds of curious visitors have come to the museum, squeezing past one another on the narrow wooden stairs up to Basmaci's attic room.

From Barron's

On several occasions she ran down the stairs in a panic during the night after seeing a red glow through the bathroom window.

From BBC

He bangs up and down the stairs with our suitcases while Lily and I split my ham-and-cheese sandwich.

From Literature

Sefton had shouted for help, then leaped up the burning stairs.

From Literature

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