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downstairs(2)(dictionary)
downstairs(dictionary)

downstairs(2) (iou)



downstairs adverb & noun. L16.
[from DOWN preposition + STAIR + -S1.]
A. adverb. Down the stairs; to, on, or of the ground floor or lower floors of a house etc. L16.
E. Waugh All I possess..is downstairs in your hall. E. J. Howard To stay downstairs after the others had all gone up to bed.
b. noun. The ground floor or lower floors of a house etc. M19.
New Yorker When the children grew up they would often be given the downstairs to live in.