above stairs

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˌbʌv ˈstɝs/ === Prepositional phrase === above stairs (archaic) Upstairs; in or on an upper floor. (British, historical) In or pertaining to the part of a large house, typically the above-ground rooms, in which the owning family lives, contrasted with below stairs where the servants are accommodated. ==== Alternative forms ==== above-stairs abovestairs ==== Translations ==== === Noun === above stairs (uncountable) (archaic) The part of a building above the ground level. === Further reading === Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 5