Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Down the stairs.
- adverb To or on a lower floor.
- noun The lower or main floor.
- adjective Located on a lower or main floor.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Down the stairs; below; to or on a lower floor: as, he went or is down-stairs.
- Pertaining or relating to, or situated on, the lower floor of a house: as, he is in one of the down-stairs rooms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Down the stairs; to a lower floor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective A floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies.
- adverb living, stepping, or coming down the stairs
- noun slang The
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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective on or of lower floors of a building
- adverb on a floor below
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Examples
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Last night I picked them up and carried them from the bathroom, which is carpeted, to what we call the downstairs lavatory, which is not.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Last night I picked them up and carried them from the bathroom, which is carpeted, to what we call the downstairs lavatory, which is not.
Archive 2009-03-01 Jean 2009
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We were in downstairs in the cellar where I was on a piano, Paul was on the harmonium or vice versa, and we were both playing at the same time.
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The joke over, and again playing the ass, I call downstairs for her to come see.
John Lennon Slept Here (Or Was It Ringo?) Richard Melo 2011
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The dining space downstairs is a bit dark and grungy.
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We were in downstairs in the cellar where I was on a piano, Paul was on the harmonium or vice versa, and we were both playing at the same time.
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We were in downstairs in the cellar where I was on a piano, Paul was on the harmonium or vice versa, and we were both playing at the same time.
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The downstairs is a pile, the office is a pit, the Christmas tree needs to come down, the bathroom is all but invisible under the mildew, and the kitchen is an indistinguishable heap of winter coats and surface clutter ... but my bedroom is clean!
keep the blind down on the window. keep the pain on the inside. stillsostrange 2010
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We were in downstairs in the cellar where I was on a piano, Paul was on the harmonium or vice versa, and we were both playing at the same time.
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Luchford APM The entire living area downstairs is open plan, with folding doors, into a spacious kitchen, where there is an aga stove and drinks bar.
The Lakes 2010
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