stairs

/stɛrz/

nounstairs

Think: you “stare” at the “stairs” so you don’t trip—STAIRs has AIR in it.

Yes, it's stairs. Remember the vowel team: st + AIR + s (stairs).

Definition

  1. nouna set of steps inside or outside a building that people use to go up or down between levels

Examples

  • Please walk down the stairs carefully.
  • We carried the boxes up the stairs to the attic.
  • The dog waited at the bottom of the stairs for us.

Synonyms

stepsstairwaystaircaseflight of stairs

Translations

ES escalerasPT escadasFR escaliers

Common misspellings

staresstairstearsstairesstairrsstarrsstair'sstairss

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