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STAIR

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Dictionary entry overview: What does stair mean?

• STAIR (noun)
The noun STAIR has 1 sense:

1. support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

Familiarity information: STAIR used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• STAIR (noun)

Sense 1

stair ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

stair; step

Context example:

he paused on the bottom step

Hypernyms ("stair" is a kind of...):

support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)

Meronyms (parts of "stair"):

riser (structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step)

tread (structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stair"):

corbel step; corbie-step; corbiestep; crow step ((architecture) a step on the top of a gable wall)

Holonyms ("stair" is a part of...):

staircase; stairway (a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps)

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STAIR: related words searches

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