stairway

Noun

Meaning

A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

staircase stairs highway terrace ladder crossroad scala flight scale step landing passage express acknowledged finishing
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Antonyms

inlet approach gateway access opening entry
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Hyponyms

ghat flight ramp escalator backstairs moving staircase

Related terms

stair stairwell

Phrases with the word

electric stairway

Examples

Above the 71st floor, the stories of the building are designed mostly for exterior appearance, functioning mainly as landings for the stairway to the spire. Source: Internet

A camera track constructed on pulleys alongside the stairway together with a chairlike device had to be constructed and thoroughly tested over a period of weeks. Source: Internet

After cooperatively crawling through dirt tunnels and repeatedly climbing a rope ladder in the episode "Snowball in Hell," in the following episode ("Action!") he balked at climbing a stairway with railings and locked himself in his dressing room. Source: Internet

'After having climbed back through into the basement stairway, they went to the wall and drilled southwards.' Source: Internet

A Moray workman who installed a new stairway in a historic building has signed his name – just like his counterparts did 100 years ago. Source: Internet

A shadow appears to descend the west balustrade of the northern stairway. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

stairtower stairward stairwards stairwell stairwise stairwork