What does Stairs mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stairs, stepsnoun

    a flight of stairs or a flight of steps

Wiktionary

  1. stairsnoun

    a contiguous set of steps connecting two floors

Wikipedia

  1. Stairs

    Stairs are a structure designed to bridge a large vertical distance between lower and higher levels by dividing it into smaller vertical distances. This is achieved as a diagonal series of horizontal platforms called steps which enable passage to the other level by stepping from one to another step in turn. Steps are very typically rectangular. Stairs may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles. Types of stairs include staircases (also called stairways), ladders, and escalators. Some alternatives to stairs are elevators (also called lifts), stairlifts, inclined moving walkways, and ramps. A stairwell is a vertical shaft or opening that contains a staircase. A flight (of stairs) is an inclined part of a staircase consisting of steps (and their lateral supports if supports are separate from steps).

ChatGPT

  1. stairs

    Stairs refer to a series of steps or a structure consisting of a sequence of horizontal levels or platforms, typically arranged in a vertical or inclined manner, providing a passage or access between different floors or levels of a building or structure. It often includes supporting elements such as a banister or handrail to ensure safety.

Wikidata

  1. Stairs

    A stairway, staircase, stairwell, flight of stairs, or simply stairs is a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. Stairs may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles. Special types of stairs include escalators and ladders. Some alternatives to stairs are elevators, stairlifts and inclined moving walkways as well as stationary inclined sidewalks.

Editors Contribution

  1. stairs

    A type of structure created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.

    The stairs were a beautiful design.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. STAIRS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Stairs is ranked #21811 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Stairs surname appeared 1,192 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Stairs.

    95.5% or 1,139 total occurrences were White.
    1% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1% or 12 total occurrences were Black.
    1% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.6% or 8 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.6% or 8 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Stairs' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2945

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Stairs' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1865

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Stairs' in Nouns Frequency: #1112

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Anagrams for Stairs »

  1. sistra

  2. sitars

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Stairs in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Stairs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Stairs in a Sentence

  1. Carmine Sabia:

    Holy shit. It is like his mouth is falling down the stairs.

  2. Francis Thomas:

    My son ran the last leg with some of the commanding officers of the Naval Academy, it was a very proud moment for me. In front of Bancroft Hall, World Trade Center firstresponders stood up there on the stairs. I was there when my son ran the flag in, a moment I’ll never forget.

  3. Mike Duggan:

    And, in fact in this case, first one in the door, first one down the stairs to confront an armed suspect, his courage resulted in tragedy.

  4. Kelly Kwamsoos:

    At the end of the movie I ran down the stairs and he was just wiping his tears away and I was able to shake his hand and give him a proper salute, i really hope that the younger generations can understand what it was like and really count their blessings. We’re so lucky. Sturdy advises younger generations to keep thinking about the events of Dunkirk.

  5. Anna Pesce:

    I had this horrible pain shooting up my back, i had to be carried up the stairs and put into a wheelchair for the rest of my stay.

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