downstairs

Adjective · Adverb

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. on or of lower floors of a building“the downstairs (or downstair) phone”Synonyms: downstair

Adverb (1)

  1. on a floor below“the tenants live downstairs”Synonyms: down the stairson a lower floorbelow
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

downstair \downstair\, downstairs \downstairs\adj. on or of the lower floors of a building, especially the ground floor; as, the downstairs (or downstair phone; the house has no downstairs bathroom. Opposite of upstairs. [WordNet 1.5]

downstairs \down"stairs\, adv. Down the stairs; to a lower floor; as, she headed downstairs as soon as she heard the horn. [1913 Webster +PJC]
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