staired

English

Etymology

From stair +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /stɛɹd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /stɛəd/
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
• Homophone: stared

Adjective

staired (not comparable)

1. Having (a specified kind or number of) stairs.
   • 1961, Canadian Patent Office record, volume 89, page 7750:

     In a device of the kind described, a plurality of platforms normally horizontally disposed in staired arrangement, each of said platforms comprising a pair of elongated platform elements […]

   • 1968, William David Thornbury, Principles of geomorphology, page 358:

     They are variously described as simple, compound, hanging, tandem or two-staired, intersecting and nivation cirques.

   • 2010, Lynn A. Levine, Frommer's Istanbul, page 147:

     There is also speculation that the name Galata comes from the Italian word for descent (calata), an appropriate description of the steep and staired streets that slope down the hill from Beyoglu to the Golden Horn.

Anagrams

• Atreids, aridest, asterid, astride, atrides, diaster, disrate, restiad, sideart, staider, tardies, tirades, tradies