downstairs

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
15
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/daʊnˈstɛɹz/
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/daʊnˈstɛɹz/ · /daʊnˈstɛəz/ · /daʊnˈsteːz/ · /daʊnˈstiəz/ · /daʊnˈsteəz/ · /daʊnˈsteɹz/ · /daʊnˈstɜː(ɹ)z/

Definition of downstairs

7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Located on a lower floor.
    “The kids sleep in the downstairs bedroom; we sleep in the upstairs one.”
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adj

  1. Located on a lower floor.
    “The kids sleep in the downstairs bedroom; we sleep in the upstairs one.”

adv

  1. Down the stairs.
    “I have to walk downstairs to leave the building.”
    “The lodger lives downstairs.”
  2. (figuratively)In or to hell.
  3. (euphemistic, slang)Regarding the genitalia.
    “something wrong downstairs”

noun

  1. The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below.
    “We looked over the house; downstairs was spacious, but upstairs really cramped.”
  2. The lower floor of a house, at ground level, or sometimes below.
    “The family tried to ignore gossip from downstairs.”
    “Now the two of them rattled around in the old house, even with his office and small clinic sharing the downstairs with the kitchen, parlor, and dining room.”
  3. (euphemistic, slang)The genitalia.
    “The wind lifted up her skirt and I caught a glimpse of her downstairs.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From down- + stair + -s.

Words you can make from downstairs

200+ playable · top: DOWNSTAIR (13 pts)

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9-letter words

1 word

8-letter words

8 words

7-letter words

20 words

6-letter words

77 words

5-letter words

93 words

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