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Stair vs Shacky - What's the difference?

stair | shacky |

As a noun stair

is a single step in a staircase.

As an adjective shacky is

run-down, like a shack.

stair

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A single step in a staircase.
  • A series of steps, a staircase.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1899, author=(Hughes Mearns)
    • , title= , passage=Yesterday, upon the stair  / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …}}

    Usage notes

    * Stairs'' and ''stair are used to refer to a single staircase, mostly interchangeably in the UK.

    Derived terms

    * above-stairs * upstairs * downstairs * stair-stepping * staircase * stairs * stairway * stairwell

    See also

    * ladder * landing

    Anagrams

    * ----

    shacky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • run-down, like a shack
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 2, author=, title=Opening in September, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The décor will have “a shacky look,” Mr. Abrams said, and the menu will have seaside and raw bar specialties: 79 Macdougal Street (Bleecker Street), (212) 260-0100. }}