stairway
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛə(r)weɪ
Noun
stairway (plural stairways)
- A set of steps allowing one to walk up or down.
- The phrase "stairway to heaven" has a variety of cultural significances.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
- 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, […] .
Translations
set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably
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