Definitions for Stairs
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. stairs, stepsnoun

   a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

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1. stairsnoun

   a contiguous set of steps connecting two floors

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1. Stairs

   Stairs are a structure designed to bridge a large vertical distance between lower and higher levels by dividing it into smaller vertical distances. This is achieved as a diagonal series of horizontal platforms called steps which enable passage to the other level by stepping from one to another step in turn. Steps are very typically rectangular. Stairs may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles. Types of stairs include staircases (also called stairways), ladders, and escalators. Some alternatives to stairs are elevators (also called lifts), stairlifts, inclined moving walkways, and ramps. A stairwell is a vertical shaft or opening that contains a staircase. A flight (of stairs) is an inclined part of a staircase consisting of steps (and their lateral supports if supports are separate from steps).

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1. Stairs

   A stairway, staircase, stairwell, flight of stairs, or simply stairs is a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. Stairs may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles. Special types of stairs include escalators and ladders. Some alternatives to stairs are elevators, stairlifts and inclined moving walkways as well as stationary inclined sidewalks.

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1. stairs

   A type of structure created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.

   The stairs were a beautiful design.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

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1. stairs

   The stairs symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the stairs symbol and its characteristic.

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1. STAIRS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stairs is ranked #21811 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Stairs surname appeared 1,192 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Stairs.
   
   95.5% or 1,139 total occurrences were White.
   1% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 12 total occurrences were Black.
   1% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   0.6% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.6% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Stairs' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2945

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Stairs' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1865

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Stairs' in Nouns Frequency: #1112

Anagrams for Stairs »

1. sistra

2. sitars

How to pronounce Stairs?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Stairs in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stairs in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Stairs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Stairs in a Sentence

1. Eric Bland:

   Certainly there were questions by my clients because after she unfortunately fell, she was airlifted to a hospital and she had a traumatic brain injury, Gloria Satterfield never was able to communicate with them for the next three weeks until Gloria Satterfield died, so, it was Alex Murdaugh who told the story of that Gloria Satterfield had tripped and fell down the stairs over Eric Bland dogs.

2. Mayank Saxena:

   She is my sister. She could also be your mother, who falls down the stairs. It could be your son who collapses on the soccer field, If this were your loved one who was actively suffering and dying, and you knew there was a one percent chance of hope, what would you do to get that treatment in their dying bodies today?

3. Paul F. Meekin:

   For me death is just moving from one school into another. But there's going to be a difference, because in that new school I shall have wings so I wont need to walk up and down the stairs!

4. Joe Daniels:

   They had lots of questions and interest in how these stairs were used by hundreds of people on that day to escape.

5. Vice President Joe Biden:

   We walked out of the room and walked up stairs, i told him my opinion: I thought he should go, but to follow his own instincts.

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