stairway

/ˈstɛɹweɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.15 in modern English

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noun

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,[…]."

stair + way

stairways (plural)

fire tower stairway

stair stairwell

staircase stairs

airway fairway fareway

Questions

How do you pronounce stairway?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈstɛɹweɪ/.

What does stairway mean?

A set of steps, with or without a case, that allow one to walk up or down.

Where does stairway come from?

stair + way

How to pronounce stairway

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