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Definition of Stairway
1. Noun. A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps.
Specialized synonyms: Backstairs, Companionway, Escalator, Moving Staircase, Moving Stairway, Emergency Exit, Fire Escape, Flight, Flight Of Stairs, Flight Of Steps, Ghat, Stairs, Steps, Ramp
Group relationships: Building, Edifice
Terms within: Landing, Stairhead, Stair, Step
Generic synonyms: Way
Definition of Stairway
1. n. A flight of stairs or steps; a staircase.
Definition of Stairway
1. Noun. a set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stairway
1. a flight of stairs [n -WAYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stairway
Literary usage of Stairway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"Along the sides of said stairway were parallel guides or runners, which formed
together with the side rails of the stairway an inclined slide from the press ..."
2. El Kab by James Edward Quibell (1898)
"8 EL KAB. brickwork were traced, but the walls were not high enough to show the
recessed panels, which probably once existed. In stairway 6, a large tomb, ..."
3. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"For years afterward the stairway around an open elevator was considered the ...
The open elevator or stairway, in case of fire, became a flue that drew the ..."
4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"For years afterward the stairway around an open elevator was considered the ...
The open elevator or stairway, in case of fire, became a flue that drew the ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The staircase wherein the stairway is enclosed should be given special attention,
and the correct length and width should be carefully considered. ..."
6. Annual Report (1903)
"The walk from the Biddle stairway to the American Fall* hn> been changed from
its former position to a course near the margin ..."
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