back stairs

Noun

Meaning

Stairs in the back part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

back-stairs

Synonyms

companion back door backdoor staircase wormhole stairway trapdoor postern stairs fire escape trap door stage door escape hatch side door back entrance
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Antonyms

main road front door

Examples

At the top of the back stairs of Vidal’s Los Angeles house in the Hollywood Hills, where a chairlift had been assembled to transport the wheelchair-bound Vidal between floors, hung a portrait of a blond teenage boy holding a model sailboat. Source: Internet

Hulan hurried inside, walked across the lobby, and climbed the back stairs to her office. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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