26984 words

stair

4 definitions • 4 examples
1
a set of steps that lead from one level of a building to another:

Examples:

Go up the stairs and her office is on the right.
2
one of the steps in a set of steps that lead from one level of a building to another:

Examples:

The top stair creaked as she went upstairs and the noise woke up her mother.
3
a set of stairs:

Examples:

He climbed the wooden stair and knocked on his grandfather's door.
4
a step in a set of stairs:

Examples:

The top stair creaked loudly as she stepped on it.

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