English Explanatory Dictionary

below stairs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. On a floor lower than the one a speaker currently occupies; below the main floor of a multi-floor building.
  2. In or pertaining to the lowest levels of a large house where the house staff work and are accommodated, contrasted with above stairs where the owning family reside.
  3. Common, vulgar.
  4. The areas of a large house in which house staff work, or the staff that work there.

Word forms

below stairs below-stairs belowstairs

Etymology

From below + stairs.

Synonyms

downstairs

Antonyms

above stairs upstairs
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