stair

/stɛɚ/
noun 2name 1

Collocations

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(noun.) stairs steps inside a building

ADJ

steep | wide | narrow | rickety | main | back

QUANT

flight

The apartment building had four flights of stairs and no elevator.

VERB + STAIR

ascend, climb, go/run, etc. up, mount | descend, go/run, etc. down

take, use

She used the stairs carefully because her leg was still healing from the accident.

STAIR + VERB

lead to sth | creak

STAIR + NOUN

rod

The metal stair rod keeps the runner from slipping on the wooden steps.

gate

PREP

under the ~

My cat likes to hide under the stairs when there's a thunderstorm.

~ (down/up) to

I climbed the stairs up to the attic to find my old boxes.

PHRASES

the bottom/foot/head/top of the stairs, take the stairs two, etc. at a time

She waited at the bottom of the stairs for her daughter to come down.

2

(noun.) one step

ADJ

top | bottom

STAIR + VERB

creak

The old wooden stairs creaked loudly whenever my grandmother walked up to her bedroom.

PREP

on/the a ~

The cat likes to nap on the middle stair of our house.

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