- stair-climb·er
- /ˈsteɚˈklaımɚ/ noun, pl -ers [count]US : an exercise machine on which you make a continuous series of upward steps like someone who is climbing stairs
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
stair-climb·er
Look at other dictionaries:
stair climb — /ˈstɛə klaɪm/ (say stair kluym) noun a race up the stairs of a skyscraper; skyscraper run up. Also, stair race …
stair race — /ˈstɛə reɪs/ (say stair rays) noun → stair climb …
stair — [ ster ] noun *** 1. ) stairs plural a set of steps that allow you to go from one level of a building to another: 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:… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stair — (n.) O.E. stæger flight of steps, also a single step, from P.Gmc. *staigri (Cf. O.N., O.Fris. stiga, M.Du. stighen, O.H.G. stigan, Ger. steigen, Goth. steigan to go up, ascend; O.E. stigan to climb, go; Ger. Steig path, O … Etymology dictionary
stair — ► NOUN 1) each of a set of fixed steps. 2) (stairs) a set of such steps leading from one floor of a building to another. ORIGIN from a Germanic word meaning climb … English terms dictionary
stair — [ster] n. [ME steire < OE stæger < base of stigan, to climb: see STILE1] 1. [usually pl.] a flight of steps; stairway 2. a single step, esp. one of a series forming a stairway … English World dictionary
stair — [[t]ste͟ə(r)[/t]] stairs 1) N PLURAL Stairs are a set of steps inside a building which go from one floor to another. Nancy began to climb the stairs... We walked up a flight of stairs... He learned to walk safely up and down stairs... He stopped… … English dictionary
stair — noun 1 stairs steps inside a building ADJECTIVE ▪ steep ▪ wide ▪ narrow ▪ rickety ▪ spiral … Collocations dictionary
stair */*/*/ — UK [steə(r)] / US [ster] noun Word forms stair : singular stair plural stairs 1) a) stairs [plural] a set of steps that allow you to go from one level of a building to another They heard footsteps on the stairs. up/down the stairs: John raced… … English dictionary
stair — [OE] A stair is etymologically something you ‘climb’. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *staigrī (source also of Dutch steiger stake 476 ‘scaffolding’). This was derived from the base *staig , *stig ‘rise’, which also produced English… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
