Definition of “stair” - English Dictionary

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stairnoun

uk ​ /steər/ us ​ /ster/
stairs [ plural ]

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A2 a set of steps that lead from one level of a building to another:

Go up the stairs and her office is on the right.
I had to climb a steep flight (= set) of stairs to her front door.
He stood at the foot (= bottom) of the stairs and called out, "Breakfast's ready!"

› [ C ] one of the steps in a set of steps that lead from one level of a building to another:

The top stair creaked as she went upstairs and the noise woke up her mother.

› [ S ] old use or literary a set of stairs:

He climbed the wooden stair and knocked on his grandfather's door.

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below/above stairs

(Definition of “stair” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

“stair” in American English

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stairnoun [ C ]

us ​ /steər/

› a step in a set of stairs:

The top stair creaked loudly as she stepped on it.

(Definition of “stair” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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