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stairs [stɛəz]
pl n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a flight of steps leading from one storey or level to another, esp indoors
below stairs Brit in the servants' quarters; in domestic service
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Noun1.stairs - a flight of stairs or a flight of steps
ladder - steps consisting of two parallel members connected by rungs; for climbing up or down
staircase, stairway - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
Translations
stairs سلالم schody trapper Treppe σκαλιά escaleras portaat escalier stepenice scale 階段 계단 trap trapp schody escada лестница trappor บันได merdivenler cầu thang 楼梯


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The stairs were cut in the rock inside the mountain, and they were broad and not very steep, because they circled around like a cork-screw, and at the arched opening where the flight began the circle was quite big.
Through the narrow opening, a creaking of the broad wooden stairs of the old house became audible.
for the stairs that led below the stage were forbidden to one and all that night!
 
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