stairway
a passageway from one level, as of a building, to another by a series of stairs; staircase.
Origin of stairway
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How to use stairway in a sentence
However, guns are never allowed inside prison walls, so the stairways to the towers are outside.
Stairways painted blue connect covered walkways stuffed with small stores selling jewelry, scarves, and ornate pottery.
There were two-story brick buildings on both sides, with wooden stairways that shut out all but a thin blue strip of sky.
Stanley Booth on the Life and Hard Times of Blues Genius Furry Lewis | Stanley Booth | June 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt was orderly, with stairways, hallways, and elevators going somewhere.
A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism | Lynn K. Wilder | October 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt had stairways, hallways, and elevators that went nowhere—there was no way out.
A Brigham Young University Professor’s Escape from Mormonism | Lynn K. Wilder | October 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Openings were then made from the surface at A and B, and stairways constructed reaching to a depth of thirty-nine feet.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowThese stairways were partly lined with brick-work, but were chiefly cut in the solid tufa.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowStairways are to be well lighted; they should be at the least five feet wide, and have landings half-way between each story.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe Norman was led down stairways, along stone galleries, where the air was foul and chill.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisAll blindly, he knew they were mounting stairways, were gliding through murky passages.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
British Dictionary definitions for stairway
/ (ˈstɛəˌweɪ) /
a means of access consisting of stairs; staircase or flight of steps
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