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stair definition

stair (ster)

noun

  1. a flight of steps; stairway
  2. a single step, esp. one of a series forming a stairway

Etymology: ME steire < OE stæger < base of stigan, to climb: see stile

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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