stair
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- noun
- /stɛr/
:
escalón
- She placed her foot carefully on the stair to avoid slipping.
- flight of stairs
- climb stairs
- stair step
I took two steps off the stair, one step towards him.
- I took two steps off the stair, one step towards him.
- Now in almost no time, everybody takes the stairs because it's fun.
- Well, she decided I'm not going to take the stairs and the door to get out.
- And he shipped and fell and split his lip on, on a like a stair on my mom's front porch.
- And it'll hit you right in the stair steps.
- I mean, whenever the stairs, but yeah, it is much easier.
Examples
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The stair creaked under his weight as he moved up to the next level.
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I missed a step and almost tripped on the stair as I hurried down.
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I took two steps off the stair, one step towards him.
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I just want to show you guys how cool this stair set is.
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Now in almost no time, everybody takes the stairs because it's fun.
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So we'll just head up these stairs here.
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I am sick of having to take the stairs just so you can avoid Tony!
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Go straight to the stairs.
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Catch him on the stairs.
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We walked down the block and up the stairs together, chatting about nothing in particular.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A flat part of a stair where you put your foot when going up or down
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The part of a shoe or tire that touches the ground for grip
A single step in a staircase
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
A person or problem everyone knows but ignores, causing repeated trouble
A long narrow carpet that covers the middle of stairs to make them safer and look nice
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stair comes from an old Germanic word meaning 'step' or 'to climb', much like the simple word step. So a stair is the flat, narrow part you put your foot on when you go up or down.