stairstep
or stair-step
a person or thing whose position, status, behavior, or the like suggests the shape or rise of the steps in a staircase: Their six children are stairsteps ranging from ages two to twelve.
to occur or move in a regular pattern suggesting the steps of a staircase: housing units stairstepping down the hill to the edge of the lake.
suggesting or resembling the steps of a staircase, as in movement or shape: stairstep progress in improved appliance sales.
Origin of stairstep
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How to use stairstep in a sentence
The stair-step rack is most desirable where there is sufficient room for its installation.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. WittePeggy sank back upon the stair-step with her handkerchief stuffed in her mouth.
Chronicles of Avonlea | Lucy Maud MontgomeryHe lighted his bed-candle with perfect steadiness, shook Ogden's hand affectionately, and mounted the stair step by step.
Wenderholme | Philip Gilbert HamertonWhen they came in from their labors, Twaddles was still sitting on the stair step, but Dot had disappeared.
Four Little Blossoms at Oak Hill School | Mabel C. HawleyJust then several little stair-step children ran to peer up at the visitors from behind their grandmother.
The Mystery of Carlitos | Helen Randolph
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