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
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
