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downstairs
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective downstairs has 1 sense
- downstairs(a = adj.all) downstair - on or of lower floors of a building; "the downstairs (or downstair) phone" Antonym: upstairs
Adverbial downstairs has 1 sense
- downstairs(r = adv.all) below, down the stairs, on a lower floor - on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" Antonym: upstairs
OXFORD DICTIONARY
downstairs, adv., adj., & n.
--adv.
1 down a flight of stairs.
2 to or on a lower floor.
--adj. (also downstair) situated downstairs.
--n. the lower floor.
--adv.
1 down a flight of stairs.
2 to or on a lower floor.
--adj. (also downstair) situated downstairs.
--n. the lower floor.
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