1
: a series of steps or flights of steps for passing from one level to another
—often used in plural but singular or plural in construction
a narrow private stairs—
Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford2
: a single step of a stairway
Examples of stair in a Sentence
She ran down the stairs.
He waited at the foot of the stairs.
She slipped and fell down the stairs.
The stairs lead to the roof.
We had to climb another flight of stairs to get to the roof.
He tripped on the bottom stair and almost fell.
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The service members in full dress uniform marched in step up the two flights of stairs with the casket and carried it to its place beneath the speaker's rostrum.
—John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The report also calls into question the government's explanation of an orange shape seen moving up the stairs the night of Epstein's death.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 30 July 2025
Just inside the doors of the employee entrance to Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn Truck Plant is a scoreboard that looms high above a double set of steep stairs that carry the 3,600 employees up to the factory floor where the company builds its best-selling vehicle: the F-150 pickup.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
Consider Jordan, a middle schooler who gets into an argument with a classmate in the hallway and throws his backpack down the stairs.
—Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2025
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
The report also calls into question the government's explanation of an orange shape seen moving up the stairs the night of Epstein's death.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 30 July 2025
Just inside the doors of the employee entrance to Ford Motor Co.'s Dearborn Truck Plant is a scoreboard that looms high above a double set of steep stairs that carry the 3,600 employees up to the factory floor where the company builds its best-selling vehicle: the F-150 pickup.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 30 July 2025
Consider Jordan, a middle schooler who gets into an argument with a classmate in the hallway and throws his backpack down the stairs.
—Steven P. Dinkin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for stair
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“Stair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stair. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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stair
noun
ˈsta(ə)r 
ˈste(ə)r
1
: a series of steps or flights of steps for passing from one level to another
—often used in plural
ran down the stairs
2
: one step of a stairway
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