stairs, steps
(noun) a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stairs
plural of stair
stairs pl (plural only)
A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
• (contiguous set of steps): stairway, staircase
• Sartis, arists, sistra, sitars, tisars
Stairs
plural of Stair
• Sartis, arists, sistra, sitars, tisars
Source: Wiktionary
Stair, n. Etym: [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st, from to ascend, rise. sq. root164. See Sty to ascend.]
1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level; -- commonly applied to those within a building.
2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair found." Chaucer's Dream. Below stairs, in the basement or lower part of a house, where the servants are.
– Flight of stairs, the stairs which make the whole ascent of a story.
– Pair of stairs, a set or flight of stairs.
– pair, in this phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See Pair, n., 1.
– Run of stars (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
– Stair rod, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair carpet to its place.
– Up stairs. See Upstairs in the Vocabulary.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 March 2025
(noun) the relation between two different kinds of organisms in which one receives benefits from the other by causing damage to it (usually not fatal damage)
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
