Upstairs

/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ · adjective

Meaning

Located on a higher floor or level of a building..

Definitions by Sense

1. Located on a higher floor or level of a building.
2. (baseball, informal) Pertaining to a pitched ball that is high, and usually outside the strike zone.
3. Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
4. (informal) In the brain or mind.
5. (informal) In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.
6. An upper storey.
7. (slang, euphemistic) A woman's breasts.

Example Sentences

We rent out the upstairs bedroom to a student.

That fastball was upstairs for a ball.

I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.

I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.

The woman upstairs told the people outside to stop reveling.

Marsha, let’s go upstairs!

There was more dancing and singing up stairs, more wit and conversation below; all were at liberty, and all stayed late; and all talked so much of the happiness they had enjoyed, that Lady Anne felt herself exceedingly tempted to give another party before the season finally closed.

In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; […]

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Word Forms

• further upstairs
• farther upstairs
• furthest upstairs
• farthest upstairs
• up stairs
• up-stairs
• upstairs

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