STAIRS

[plural] [noun]Stairs are a set of steps which lead from one level of a building to another.Go up the stairs and her office is on the right.My apartment is at the top of a steep flight (= set) of stairs.He stood at the foot (= bottom) of the stairs and called out "Breakfast's ready!"She fixed a rail at the top of the stairs to prevent her young daughter from falling down them.(UK old use) In a large house, below stairs was the part of the house in which the servants worked and lived, and above stairs was the part where the owner lived.As a young girl, she found life below stairs (= as a servant) hard and tiring.Having worked as a butler for 25 years, he had witnessed life both above and below stairs.