stairway
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈstɛɹweɪ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɛəweɪ/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)weɪ
Noun
stairway (plural stairways)
- A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.
- The phrase "stairway to heaven" has a variety of cultural significances.
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
- 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, […] .
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set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably
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