stair-climbing

stair-climbing
noun see stair-climber

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • stair-climber — noun Date: 1986 an exercise apparatus that simulates the act of climbing stairs • stair climbing noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • stair-climb·er — /ˈsteɚˈklaımɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] US : an exercise machine on which you make a continuous series of upward steps like someone who is climbing stairs …   Useful english dictionary

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