Stairway
['steəweɪ] or ['stɛr'we]
Definition
(noun.) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps.
Editor: Zeke--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.
Inputed by Conrad
Examples
- I mention this statue and this stairway because they have their story. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This was followed by the plank leading from a lower to a higher level, by the ladder, and finally by the stairway. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A wild shriek came pealing down the stairway. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- There is, however, another means of getting up and down stairs which is coming somewhat rapidly into use and in which the old stairway is restored. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I found a stone stairway that went up from the stable underneath. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There were lights in the shop windows and we climbed the steep stone stairway to the upper street, then up another stairs to the station. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Scarcely had his tiny flier come to rest upon the broad landing-deck of the flagship ere he was bounding up the stairway to the deck where we stood. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- In our days the stairway has been put on a set of revolving wheels and moves upward itself, carrying its passengers with no need on their part to use their feet. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As we were seated and our guards retired to the foot of the stairway leading to the platform, he arose and called my name. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- At the far end of the corridor I found a spiral stairway leading to the floors above and below. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- There was no stairway, but a gentle incline to the first floor of the building opened into an enormous chamber encircled by galleries. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Everything is stone, and stone of the heaviest--floors, stairways, mantels, benches--everything. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Those intended for stairways, eaves, cornices, windows, doorways, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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