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stair

Definition

  • noun: a series of steps that go from one level or floor to another
  • noun: a series of steps or flights of steps for passing from one level to another
  • often used in plural but singular or plural in construction
  • synonyms: flight, grece, staircase

Examples

  • We had to climb another 'flight/set of stairs' to get to the roof.

  • He tripped on the bottom 'stair' and almost fell.

  • He waited at the foot/bottom of the 'stairs'.

Movie quotes

  • (..) She met him, he sold her on a pack of lies, he got her pregnant. That's when he started showin' who he really was. He dropped her down a flight of stairs after whoopin' her half to death. She lost the baby, he made it so... Doctors say she can't even have children no more. (..)
    2012 Mud