English

Alternative forms

• (adverb): above stairs
• above-stairs

Noun

abovestairs ‎(uncountable)

1. (archaic) The part of a building above the ground level.^[1]

Adjective

abovestairs ‎(not comparable)

1. (archaic) upstairs; located on an upper floor.

References

1. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 5