Definition of 'stair'
Word forms: plural stairs
1. plural noun
2. singular noun
A stair is a flight of stairs.
[literary] I followed her down the stair.
3. countable noun
A stair is one of the steps in a flight of stairs.
Terry was sitting on the bottom stair.
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stair in British English
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Word origin
Old English stæger; related to stīg narrow path, stīgan to ascend, descend, Old Norse steigurligr upright, Middle Dutch steiger ladder
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stair in American English
noun
2.
a
single step, esp. one of a series forming a stairway
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Stairs are a set of steps inside a building which go from one floor to another.
They began to climb the stairs.
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