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Definition of "stairstep" [stairstep]

  • A step in a staircase. (noun)
  • A staircase. (noun)
  • One of a series of objects or items grouped progressively according to height. (noun)
  • To position or be positioned progressively according to height: images stairstepped on a computer screen; ledges stairstepping down a mountainside. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stairstep" in a sentence
  • "Photo By CRAWLIFE snapped this shot just below stairstep falls in stevens pass"
  • "Mesas alternate with broad intervening valleys in the stairstep topography of the Limestone Cut Plain."
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