stair

noun

1 stairs steps inside a building

ADJECTIVE

▪ steep

▪ wide

▪ narrow

▪ rickety

▪ spiral

▪ main

▪ back

▪ basement

▪

My kids sat on the basement stairs.

▪ marble, metal, stone, wooden

… OF STAIRS

▪ flight

▪

We went up three flights of stairs.

VERB + STAIRS

▪ ascend, climb, mount

▪ go up, run up, etc.

▪ descend

▪ go down, run down, etc.

▪ take, use

▪

Take the back stairs.

STAIRS + VERB

▪ go down to sth, go up to sth, lead to sth

▪ creak

▪

The stairs creaked as I went down.

STAIR + NOUN

▪ rod (esp. BrE)

▪

The carpet was held in place by brass stair rods.

▪ rail (AmE)

▪ gate (esp. BrE)

PREPOSITION

▪ under the stairs

▪

a cupboard under the stairs (BrE)

▪

a closet under the stairs (AmE)

▪ stairs down to, stairs to, stairs up to

▪

the stairs to the third floor

PHRASES

▪ the bottom of the stairs, the foot of the stairs, the head of the stairs, the top of the stairs

▪ take the stairs two, etc. at a time

▪

He rushed up to the bedroom, taking the stairs two at a time.

2 one step

ADJECTIVE

▪ top

▪ bottom

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the stair

▪

He sat waiting on the bottom stair.