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Meaning of above stairs | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

əˌbʌv ˈstɝs

Definitions

Upstairs; in or on an upper floor.
archaic
The part of a building above the ground level.
archaic, uncountable
In or pertaining to the part of a large house, typically the above-ground rooms, in which the owning family lives, contrasted with below stairs where the servants are accommodated.
British, historical

Equivalents

Nederlands op de verdieping hoger

Examples

“The Phyſician now arrived, and began to enquire of the two Diſputants, how we all did above Stairs? 'In a miſerable Way,' anſwered Thwackum.”

“She took him to a room above-stairs, and introduced him to a bed on which a magnified bolster, in yellow calico, figured as a counterpane.”

“He was found above-stairs in an empty room, searching the floor for something.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

above the curve above the fold above the fray above the law above the neck rule above the rim

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