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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A gate fitted across a domestic staircase to prevent young children from climbing the stairs, or falling down them..
Perhaps she has to buy a new stairgate, fireguard, or fit in a lamp. This may be a big dip in her purse, but in this financial comparison it is trivial.
There should be a stairgate and the door to the garden should be secured so that children cannot get out unsupervised[…]
At this point you realise that you're also on edge because the kids don't know this house, and the eldest might be sleepwalking and there are no stairgates[…]
Use stairgate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stairgate means A gate fitted across a domestic staircase to prevent young children from climbing the stairs, or falling down them..
Common synonyms include baby gate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Perhaps she has to buy a new stairgate, fireguard, or fit in a lamp. This may be a big dip in her purse, but in this financial comparison it is trivial.
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