stairway

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a passage containing a flight or series of stairs between different levels

   A narrow stone stairway led down from the tower to the cellar.

Appears in

A compound of stair + way, recorded from the eighteenth century. Unlike staircase, which can emphasize the built structure and its enclosure, stairway often emphasizes the route or passage formed by the stairs, though the words frequently overlap.

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