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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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ٲl adjective
  • ٲl 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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The main entrance is wrecked, dried blood still visible on the stairs, the windows now gaping holes looking out over the River Nile.

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Mrs Reynolds is only being given one meal a day and needed help to climb the four flights of stairs to the room where the judge sits, according to her daughter.

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"At the top of the stairs, he had punched me, he had kicked me, he had spat on me again."

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She watched from her patio wall as five volunteers chiseled the historic tiles from the stairs and from her massive living room fireplace.

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“I train twice a week — and it’s helped everything, massively. I definitely feel stronger, even just running up the stairs.”

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