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abovestairs

abovestairs

9.9
Upstairs in the part of a house where the family lives
  • adverb
  • Archaic
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  • She spent most of her afternoons reading quietly abovestairs in her room.

Examples

  • During the party, laughter could be heard coming from abovestairs.

  • The guests were entertained abovestairs while the staff prepared dinner below.

  • The family spends most of their time abovestairs.

  • The children are playing abovestairs right now.

  • The guests were entertained abovestairs while the staff prepared dinner below.

  • She spent most of her afternoons reading quietly abovestairs in her room.

  • During the party, laughter could be heard coming from abovestairs.

Synonyms

upper
vsabovestairs
495 1.0

Above something else, near the top

is used for the house area where the main family lives on top floors
upstairs
vsabovestairs
78 1.0

The part of a building on an upper floor

is about that higher floor when it is the family's main living area

Antonyms

downstairs
596 1.0

On or to a lower floor of a building, often the floor below you

Surface Forms

abovestairs positive

Morphology

abovestairs = stairs (transparent) = above + stairs

The compound directly encodes the locational meaning 'above the stairs' → 'upstairs'. [Postprocessing: moved 'above' from base_words to prefix]

Etymology

Abovestairs comes from the parts above 'higher' and stairs 'steps'. So, used as an adverb it means 'upstairs' or 'to the upper part of the house', where the main family usually spends time.