stairs (/steərz/)
noun · Beginner · Daily Life
🔊 /steərz/
Meaning
Meaning: set of steps
A set of steps that lead from one level of a building to another.
Examples
🗣 She climbed the creaky wooden stairs slowly, careful not to wake the sleeping baby upstairs.
Etymology
From Old English ‘stæger’, from a root meaning ‘to climb’.
How & Where It’s Used
Used for any indoor or outdoor flight of steps; ‘staircase’ names the whole structure.
Tags: home, movement