Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

below-stairs

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: be-low-s-tairs
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of below stairs.

Example Sentences

"The former minister's long-suffering wife, Jane, reacted to the news by saying: “Quite frankly, if you bed people that I call ‘below-stairs class’, they go to the papers, don't they?”"

Questions

What does below-stairs mean?: Alternative form of below stairs.

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