Definition of stairway
: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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Two elevators and two sets of stairways will lead to a rooftop visitor deck and a new set of docks will be built to handle up to 12 boats, including water taxis.
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Both metal stairways are dangerous, as are the platforms, Winnetka residents Julian Solotorousky and Steve Gerbel told Winnetka village council members on June 20.
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The stairway would add more than $400,000 to the cost.
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The more in-your-face subject here is the collapsing rear stairway of the three-story apartment row that in time strung six addresses together on the west side of Seventh Avenue, north from its corner with Cherry Street.
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Carroll said around 6 a.m. the SUV swerved off Northwest Seventh Street, through the parking lot fence and into the stairway leading to a doorway on the building’s southeast corner.
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An addition built just before the turn of the 20th century features a breakfast area, with a separate servants' stairway leading upstairs to a separate bedroom-and-bathroom suite, which Kepnes said could function as a nanny suite or guest space.
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Inside the college building, Johnson fled up the stairway to the second floor.
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Moving about the ship was easier than the quarters would suggest, due to wide hallways and the use of stairways instead of ladders to move between most floors.
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First Known Use of stairway
1767
STAIRWAY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of stairway for English Language Learners
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: a set of stairs that go from one level or floor to another
STAIRWAY Defined for Kids
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: one or more flights of steps usually with connecting landings
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