BACKSTAIRS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a second staircase at the rear of a building
   Hypernyms(s) backstairs is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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BACKSTAIRS as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • secret and sly or sordid
   Synonym(s)
   • backstair (what does backstair mean?)
   • furtive (what does furtive mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • backstairs gossip
   • his low backstairs cunning- A.L.Guerard
   • backstairs intimacies
   • furtive behavior
   Similar To
   • covert (what does covert mean?)