Definition of stairway
: one or more flights of stairs usually with landings to pass from one level to another
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Hammer a few 2-by-4’s onto that tree, and voila: a stairway to heaven.
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This home is built into the rocks on a small knoll, with its own private stairway on to the beach.
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A few neighbors watched the investigation from within the crime scene, including a young man and woman in military fatigues perched on an apartment stairway.
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He was found by a police canine unit hiding under a stairway in another apartment.
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In the early morning hours of May 30, 1950, the three boys walked down Georgetown to 25th Street, found the tree, climbed that 2-by-4 stairway.
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The family removed walls, stripped the kitchen down to its studs, opened a stairway and finished the lower level to allow plenty of room and privacy for family and friends to visit.
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It’s hard to imagine that even the most famous and frequent-repeat attendees don’t still feel a surge of nerves and adrenaline while making their way up the museum’s infamous grand stairway.
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The disheveled man struggled up one of the park's long concrete stairways as the armed phalanx closed in.
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First Known Use of stairway
1767
STAIRWAY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition 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
Definition of stairway for Students
: one or more flights of steps usually with connecting landings
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