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stairways

stairways is the plural of stairway.

Meaning of stairway

Noun

stairway (plural stairways)

  1. A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.
    • 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,[…].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
    Synonyms:
    staircase, stairs

Phrases with stairways

Questions about stairways

What is stairways the plural of?
Stairways is the plural of stairway.

Words near stairways in the dictionary

  1. stairtower
  2. stairtowers
  3. stairward
  4. stairwards
  5. stairway
  6. stairways
  7. stairwell
  8. stairwelled
  9. stairwells
  10. stairwise
  11. stairwork

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