Stair Definition

stâr
stairs
noun
stairs
A flight of steps; stairway.
Webster's New World
A single step, esp. one of a series forming a stairway.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Stair

Noun

Singular:
stair
Plural:
stairs

Origin of Stair

  • From Middle English staire, stayre, stayer, steir, steyre, steyer, from Old English stǣġer (“stair, staircase"), from Proto-Germanic *staigriz (“stairs, scaffolding"), from Proto-Indo-European *steygÊ°- (“to walk, proceed, march, climb"). Cognate with Dutch steiger (“a stair, step, wharf, pier, scaffolding"), Middle Low German steiger, steir (“scaffolding"). Related to Old English āstÇ£gan (“to ascend, go up, embark"), Old English stÄ«gan (“to go, move, reach; ascend, mount, go up, spring up, rise; scale"), German Stiege (“a flight of stairs"). More at sty.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English stǣger steigh- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Stair Sentence Examples

  • She tripped over a stair and landed hard.

  • From their platform a stair descended into the house, and the children and the Wizard explored it after lighting a lantern to show them the way.

  • She bent and wiped it on the cement stair, not at all certain it was enough to tip him off.

  • Adjoining the southern chamber is the inside stair conducting to the top of the broch; of this stair some twenty steps remain.

  • Am I eligible for an extension, shower, ramp, bath or stair lift in my home?

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Words Starting With

SSTSTA

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RIRAIR

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