Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
stair
IPA transcription: [st'ɛɹ]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
step, stair
Meaning:
support consisting of a place to rest the foot while ascending or descending a stairway; "he paused on the bottom step"
Usage examples
At the foot of this stair she stopped.
'My fellows are on the stair and at the gate.
And sure enough, they heard the jangle of the jailer's keys at the foot of the stair.
Diamond opened the door, and went out of the room, and down the stair and into the yard.
He met my gaze without flinching, and lighted me to the stair with our established ceremony.
She and her husband crept from bed, and, treading on tiptoe across the room, descended the stair.
Judy took me by the hand, and led me along a passage, and then up a stair into the little drawing-room.
There was a noise at the other end of the room, as if something was crawling up the iron corkscrew stair.
"If it's gone into the gallery," he said, "well and good." He hastily turned on the lights, crossed the room, and climbed up the stair.
They descended the stair, Toad shouting abuse at them through the keyhole; and the three friends then met in conference on the situation.