Definition of Stairlike

1. Adjective. Resembling a stair or some aspect of one. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stairlike

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stairlike

staircase wit
staircaselike
staircases
stairchair
stairchairs
stairclimber
stairclimbers
staired
stairgate
stairgates
stairhead
stairheads
stairless
stairlift
stairlifts
stairlike (current term)
stairs
stairstep
stairstepped
stairstepping
stairsteps
stairtower
stairtowers
stairway
stairways
stairwell
stairwells
stairwise
staisfise
staith

Literary usage of Stairlike

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms by Charles Augustus Briggs, Emilie Grace Briggs (1907)
"Str. I. Syn. and stairlike couplets. —1-2. By the streams], the canals uniting the Euphrates and the Tigris, and fertilizing the land of Babylon, ..."

2. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Psalms by Charles Augustus Briggs, Emilie Grace Briggs (1906)
"In the other two Sirs, of this Ps. the stairlike parall. is carried out on the scheme: 2 + 2 + 3, Str. II.; 3 + 2 + 2, Str. III., as Str. I. In every ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"TRAP, any dark-colored volcanic rock of columnar structure, named with reference to their common stairlike arrangement. Most .trap rocks are either ..."

4. Animal Micrology: Practical Exercises in Zoölogical Micro-technique by Michael Frederic Guyer (1917)
"The step micrometer, in which the intervals are arranged in groups of ten, each group being conspicuously marked by a black, stairlike notching along one ..."

5. Animal Micrology: Practical Exercises in Zoölogical Micro-technique by Michael Frederic Guyer (1917)
"The step micrometer, in which the intervals are arranged in groups of ten, each group being conspicuously marked by a black, stairlike notching along one ..."

6. Wisconsin: The Americanization of a French Settlement by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1908)
"Fifteen miles below the foot of that inland, sea they encountered the stairlike rapids afterwards named by the Jesuits the Sault de Ste. ..."

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