Stair

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stair \Stair\ (st[^a]r), n. [OE. steir, steyer, AS. st[=ae]ger,
     from st[imac]gan to ascend, rise. [root]164. See {Sty} to
     ascend.]
     1. One step of a series for ascending or descending to a
        different level; -- commonly applied to those within a
        building.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a
        house to another; -- commonly used in the plural; but
        originally used in the singular only. "I a winding stair
        found." --Chaucer's Dream.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Below stairs}, in the basement or lower part of a house,
        where the servants are.
  
     {Flight of stairs}, the stairs which make the whole ascent of
        a story.
  
     {Pair of stairs}, a set or flight of stairs. -- pair, in this
        phrase, having its old meaning of a set. See {Pair}, n.,
        1.
  
     {Run of stairs} (Arch.), a single set of stairs, or section
        of a stairway, from one platform to the next.
  
     {Stair rod}, a rod, usually of metal, for holding a stair
        carpet to its place.
  
     {Up stairs}. See {Upstairs} in the Vocabulary.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stair
       n : support consisting of a place to rest the foot while
           ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the
           bottom step" [syn: {step}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "stair":
     amount, caliber, compass, cut, degree, doorstep, extent, footrest,
     footstep, grade, height, interval, leap, level, mark, measure,
     notch, nuance, pas, peg, period, pitch, plane, plateau, point,
     proportion, range, ratio, reach, remove, rest, riser, round,
     rundle, rung, scale, scope, shade, shadow, space, spoke, standard,
     stave, step, step stool, stepping-stone, stint, string, tread