[stair-step] 
noun, verb, -stepped, -step⋅ping, adjective | 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. |
| 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. |
| 5. | suggesting or resembling the steps of a staircase, as in movement or shape: stairstep progress in improved appliance sales. |
| stair·step (stâr'stěp') n.
To position or be positioned progressively according to height: images stairstepped on a computer screen; ledges stairstepping down a mountainside. |
