stairs meaning
EN
[ˈstɛəz] [ˈstɛrz] [-ɛə(r)z] 
US WStairs
- A stair is one step in a flight of stairs. Also called a stairstep. In buildings, stairs is a term applied to a complete flight of steps between two floors. A stair flight is a run of stairs or steps between landings.
- Stairs may be in a straight run, leading from one floor to another without a turn or change in direction. Stairs may change direction, commonly by two straight flights connected at a 90 degree angle landing.
- Stairs may be a required component of egress from structures and buildings. Stairs are also provided for convenience to access floors, roofs, levels and walking surfaces not accessible by other means.
- NounBFstair
- plural of stair.
- A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.
- At length, one night, when the company by ſome accident broke up much ſooner than ordinary, ſo that the candles were not half burnt out, ſhe was not able to reſiſt the temptation, but reſolved to have them ſome way or other. Accordingly, as ſoon as the hurry was over, and the ſervants, as ſhe thought, all gone to ſleep, ſhe ſtole out of her bed, and went down ſtairs, naked to her ſhift as ſhe was, with a deſign to ſteal them [ …]
- plural of stair.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- ..and they were oppressed by the loneliness and vastness of the dolven halls and endlessly branching stairs and passages. — J.R.R. Tolkien, Fellowship of the Ring
- I had to use the stairs because the lift took a shit this morning.
- I had forgotten my umbrella, and had to reascend the stairs to find it.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Pick that wheelchair patient up and place her in the stairchair to get down that flight of stairs.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of stairs in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Noun forms
- Noun plural forms
- Noun plural forms
- Pluralia tantum
- Noun forms
- Nouns
- en stairstep
- en stairsteps
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "stairs" is a noun, more specifically, a noun form and a pluralia tantum.