Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Metric conversion ch...
Nearby Words
stair-case
stair-head's
stair-heads
stair-master
stair-rod
stair-step
stair-stepped
stair-stepping
stair-way
stair-well
staircase
staircase pheno...
staircase wit
stairclimber
stairhead
stairless
stairlift
stairlike
stairmaster
stairmaster (tr...
stairstep
stairstepped
stairstepping
stairway
stairwell
staith
staithman
stake
stake a claim
stake boat
stake body
stake driver
stake holder
stake horse
stake off
stake out
stake race
stake so to sth
stake so/sth
stake to
stake truck
stairstep
[
stair
-step
]
Stairway Remodeling
www.mrgillsconstruction.com/
Custom Stairway Remodeling and Woodwork. Located in Walnut, CA
Decking Stairs Waterproof
www.rashdecking.com/
Serving LA & OC for 30 Years+ Free Estimates (323) 717-3784
Bowflex® TreadClimber®
www.treadclimber.com/
Payments Less than a Gym Membership Check Site For Limited Offers Now!
Ads
stair·step
/
ˈstɛərˌstɛp
/
Show Spelled
[
stair
-step
]
Show IPA
noun, verb,
stair·stepped,
stair·step·ping,
adjective
noun
1.
a
step
in a staircase.
2.
stairsteps,
stairs
;
a staircase.
3.
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.
Southern CA
Stair
Remodel
www.pike
stair
company.com/
Wood, Iron, Glass, Stainless & More 714.348.0320
Ad
verb (used without object)
4.
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.
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Stairstep
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is
subtilize
. Does it mean:
So is
absquatulate
. Does it mean:
So is
lollygag
. Does it mean:
to introduce subtleties into or argue subtly about.
to run away hurriedly; flee.
to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly.
to flee; abscond:
to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle.
to spend time idly; loaf.
LEARN MORE FUN, UNUSUAL VERBS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
adjective
5.
suggesting or resembling the
steps
of a staircase, as in
movement
or shape:
stairstep progress in improved appliance sales.
Also,
stair-step
.
Origin:
1825–35;
stair
+
step
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
stairstep
Word Dynamo Rating For
Stairstep
People who can define
Stairstep
may know
6,112
words.
How many words do you know?
Remove ads like these. Upgrade now!
Related Words
aliasing
treadle
MORE
Quote Of The Day
"If someday I make a dictionary of definitions wanting single words to head them, a cherished entry will be "To abridge, expand, or otherwise alter or cause to be altered for the sake of belated improvement, one's own writings in translation.""
-Vladimir Nabokov
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT