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stairstep

stairstep

1 2.1
A single step in a staircase
  • noun
  • /ˈstɛrˌstɛp/
: escalón
  • She carefully climbed the wooden stairstep to reach the top of the staircase.

Examples

  • The old house had steep stairsteps that creaked underfoot.

  • Lying in the shadows beneath the stairsteps, a tidal pool ripples with life.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • Maybe I've blasted my speakers one too many times, but I often had trouble distinguishing between the stairsteps.

    Blog text (23)

  • He stumbled on the last stairstep but managed to regain his balance.

Synonyms

step
vsstairstep
117 1.0

A flat part of a stair where you put your foot when going up or down

also applies to objects or things that have that surface shape
stair
vsstairstep
14 1.0

A flat part of a set of steps where you put your foot when you go up or down

is used more broadly to name objects shaped like that part

How Covered

runner
1 2.8
stairstep
1 2.1

Surface Forms

stairstep singular
stairsteps plural

Morphology

stairstep = stair + step (transparent) = stair + step

Direct compound of 'stair' + 'step' whose meaning (a single step or shape like a step) is directly inferable from the parts.

Etymology

Stairstep is made of stair and step, both words for one flat part you put your foot on. So stairstep means 'a single step' in a staircase or something that has the shape of one.