stairs
- noun
- B2
- Top 3000
A line of steps built one above another so that people can go from one floor of a building to the next.
The lift is broken, so we had to use the stairs.
She carried the heavy suitcase up the stairs by herself.
Someone was sitting on the stairs, quietly tying their shoelaces.
The wooden stairs creak whenever anyone goes up at night.
Common collocations: go up the stairs · come down the stairs · a flight of stairs · take the stairs · at the top of the stairs · fall down the stairs
Part of: Rooms, Buildings and places
Forms
- singular
- stair