Stairway
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛə(r)weɪ
Full definition of stairway
Noun
stairway
(plural stairways)- A set of steps allowing one to walk up or down comfortably.The phrase "stairway to heaven" has a variety of cultural significances.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, The Celebrity Chapter 5, 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,....