Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - stair
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Stair
stair
biographical name Viscount & Earl of — see Dalrymple STAIR noun Etymology: Middle English steir, from Old English st?ger; akin to Old English & Old High German stigan to rise, Greek steichein to walk Date: before 12th century 1. a series of steps or flights of steps for passing from one level to another — often used in plural but sing. or plural in constr. a narrow private ~s — Lewis Mumford 2. a single step of a ~way
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1.
n. 1 each of a set of fixed indoor steps (on the top stair but one). 2 (usu. in pl.) a set of indoor steps (passed him on the stairs; down a winding stair). 3 (in pl.) a landing-stage. Phrases and idioms stair-rod a rod for securing a carpet in the angle between two steps. Etymology: OE st{aelig}ger f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
3.
лестница access stair angled stair arch stair attic stair auxiliary stair back stair basement stair box stair circular stair dogleg stair down stairs enclosed stair escape stair exterior stair fire-escape stair half-pace stair newel stair open-newel stair open-riser stair parallel stair quay stair spiral stair three-flight stair up stairs ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
5.
1. ступень, ступенька 2. обыкн. pl. ступеньки. лестница flight of stairs —- лестничный марш winding stair —- винтовая лестница at the foot of the stairs —- на нижней площадке to go down stairs —- спускаться по лестнице 3. редк. трап, сходни 4. pl. причал (на Темзе) Id: above stairs —- в жилых комнатах, в хозяйских комнатах, "наверху" Id: below stairs —- в кухне и в помещении для прислуги; среди слуг Id: the discord was noticed below stairs —- прислуга заметила этот разлад ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) ступенька (лестницы); flight of stairs - лестничный марш 2) mainly pl. лестница; сходни; naut. трап; the stairs are steep - лестница крутая; winding stair - винтовая лестница; below stairs - а) в полуподвальном помещении; б) кухня и помещение для прислуги ...Англо-русский словарь
7.
(stairs) 1. Stairs are a set of steps inside a building which go from one floor to another. Nancy began to climb the stairs... We walked up a flight of stairs... He stopped at the top of the stairs. ...a stair carpet. N-PLURAL 2. A stair is one of the steps in a flight of stairs. Terry was sitting on the bottom stair. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
8.
~ n 1 stairs a set of steps built for going from one level of a building to another (up/down the stairs) (Jerry ran up the stairs. | the top/head of the stairs) (Kate was standing at the top of the stairs. | the foot of the stairs (=the bottom) | a flight of stairs (=between two floors of a building)) (The attic's up five flights of stairs.) (- see also downstairs, upstairs2) 2 one of the steps in a set of stairs (Lucy sat down on the bottom stair.) 3 especially literary a set of stairs (a steep winding stair to the tower) 4 below stairs old-fashioned BrE in the servants' part of a large house, in the past ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. stжger "flight of steps," also "a single step," from P.Gmc. *staigri, from PIE *steigh- "go, rise." related to O.E. stigan "to climb, go," and stig "narrow path." Originally a collective plural; stairs developed 14c. Staircase is from 1624, originally the enclosure of the stairs; stairway is from 1767. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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