🪜stair

noun
/stɛə/

Meaning

a step or set of steps leading from one level to another

Example Sentences

He tripped on the stair and fell down.

Synonyms

step, staircase, flight of stairs

Antonyms

elevator, lift

Collocations

climb the stairs, fall down the stairs

More Example Sentences

She was too weak to climb the stairs.

It is downstairs, on the ground floor.

I can’t walk upstairs. Can you help me?

He is tired from running up the stairs.

He was close to falling down the stairs.

The stairs are too steep to climb easily.

We were terrified to climb the steep stairs.

The stairs are too steep for him to climb easily.

The sign warns people to be careful on the stairs.

We suggested using the stairs instead of the elevator.

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