stairway

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈstɛəweɪ//
United Kingdom//ˈstɛːwɛj//
Scotland//ˈsteɾwe//
//ˈstɜː(ɹ)weː//
//ˈstɛːwei//

A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.

noun

1
A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway,[…].

Etymology

stair + way

Forms

plural: stairways

Stains · A city in Seine-Saint-Denis department, France.staircase · A flight of stairs; a stairway.stairs · A contiguous set of steps connecting two floors.

stairway · A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.

stairwell · A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or…stake · A piece of wood or other material, usually long and slender,…Stake · A surname.

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