stairs
/stɛː/
US pronunciation
American sound/stɛː/
stairs
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US voice -> stairs
Myanmar meaning
(n[pl]) လှေကားများ
Full entry
(က) stairs [pl] (အိမ်တွင်တစ်ထပ်မှ တစ်ထပ် ကူးသော) (အခိုင်အမာ)လှေကား။ climb a long/short flight of stairs ❍ at the foot/head of the stairs (ie at the bottom/top of a set of stairs) ❍ I passed her on the stairs. ❍ He came rushing down the stairs to greet her.
(ခ) [C] ယင်း လှေကားထစ်။ The child was sitting on the bottom stair. ❍ STAIRCASE
adj လှေကား (သို့) လှေကားအောက်။ a stair carpet/cupboard.
❏ above/below stairs [IDM ] (dated )
အိမ်ရှင်တို့ နေရာ အိမ်ပေါ်ထပ်နှင့် အိမ်စေတို့နေရာ အောက်ထပ်။ Their affairs were being discussed below stairs (ie by the servants).
More examples
- They heard footsteps on the stairs.
- [up/down the stairs] : John raced down the stairs to answer the door.
- [the top/head of the stairs] : Someone was waiting at the top of the stairs.
- [the bottom/foot of the stairs] : He left his bags at the foot of the stairs.
- [a flight of stairs] : My bedroom was up two flights of stairs.
- [climb the stairs] : I climbed the stairs to Charles’s office.
- He was standing on the bottom stair.
Synonyms
step, tread, rung, amount, amplitude, caliber, companionway, dimension, division, doorstep, escalator, expanse, extent, flight of stairs, flight of steps, gauge, gradation, grade, height, intensity, interval, length, limit, line, link, mark, notch, period, plane, point, proportion, quality, quantity, range, rate, ratio, reach, rest, round, run, scale, scope, set of steps, severity, shade, size, space, stage, staircase, stairs, stairway, standard, steps, stint, strength, tenor, term, tier
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