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dog-leg stair

dog-leg stair
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dawg-leg, dog-]
    • /ˈdɔgˌlɛg, ˈdɒg-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dawg-leg, dog-]
    • /ˈdɔgˌlɛg, ˈdɒg-/

Definition of dog-leg stair words

  • noun dog-leg stair a half-turn stair, the successive flights of which are immediately side by side and connected by an intervening platform. 1

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Origin of dog-leg stair

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
First recorded in 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Dog-leg stair

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

dog-leg stair popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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