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downstairs

[doun-stairz, doun-stairz] / ˈdaʊnˈstɛərz, ˈdaʊnˌstɛərz /


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The house I’m currently living in needs several repairs: There’s a leak in the downstairs wall, water is getting in between the house and the front porch and there have been sewage-line backups downstairs.

From MarketWatch

A boiled-cabbage smell hung in the air downstairs in the parlor, but up here on the third floor it wasn’t so bad.

From Literature

He added his son Branch would often wake up early in the morning to check Derby County results to see how Agyemang got on and would "run downstairs shouting" if he scored.

From BBC

Know the location of your stop tap, which is usually under the kitchen sink or stairs, or in a kitchen cupboard, cellar, downstairs bathroom or toilet, garage or utility room.

From BBC

In Matthew Pearl’s novel, an ambitious writer finds that the editor downstairs is more hindrance than help.

From The Wall Street Journal