downstairs
Adjective · AdverbWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- on or of lower floors of a building“the downstairs (or downstair) phone”Synonyms: downstair
Adverb (1)
- on a floor below“the tenants live downstairs”Synonyms: down the stairson a lower floorbelow
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]