stairs
Example Sentences
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For one person, it could mean a bathroom on the main floor; for another, a single-story house or condo without any stairs.
From MarketWatch
Aunt Kitty smiled and nodded politely, but the moment Mrs. Maroney disappeared, she raced for the cellar door and was down the stairs in a flash.
From Literature
It’s where, in the early 1990s, the activity evolved out of skate parks and empty swimming pools into a global urban phenomenon that could be done nearly anywhere there were benches, stairs and railings.
A second exit would have saved more lives, but it might not have been enough—especially with one exit at the top of unprotected stairs.
Know the location of your stop tap, which is usually under the kitchen sink or stairs, or in a kitchen cupboard, cellar, downstairs bathroom or toilet, garage or utility room.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
