Stairway
noun
A set of steps that go from one level to another inside a building.
She hurried up the stairway to her room.
Often appears as...
- spiral stairway
- narrow stairway
noun
A set of steps that go from one level to another inside a building.
She hurried up the stairway to her room.
Often appears as...
- spiral stairway
- narrow stairway
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Structure
A 'stairway' refers to the whole structure, including the steps, handrails, and sides.
The grand stairway of the old library was made of marble.
Pro Tip 2/3Indoors Use
'Stairway' is typically used for stairs inside buildings, not usually for outdoor steps.
The hotel's main stairway was lavishly decorated with plants and paintings.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbolism
In stories, a 'stairway' can symbolize a journey or transition from one state to another.
In the movie, the character ascended the dark stairway, signifying his rise to power.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Structure
A 'stairway' refers to the whole structure, including the steps, handrails, and sides.
The grand stairway of the old library was made of marble.
Pro Tip 2/3Indoors Use
'Stairway' is typically used for stairs inside buildings, not usually for outdoor steps.
The hotel's main stairway was lavishly decorated with plants and paintings.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbolism
In stories, a 'stairway' can symbolize a journey or transition from one state to another.
In the movie, the character ascended the dark stairway, signifying his rise to power.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Structure
A 'stairway' refers to the whole structure, including the steps, handrails, and sides.
The grand stairway of the old library was made of marble.
Pro Tip 2/3Indoors Use
'Stairway' is typically used for stairs inside buildings, not usually for outdoor steps.
The hotel's main stairway was lavishly decorated with plants and paintings.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Symbolism
In stories, a 'stairway' can symbolize a journey or transition from one state to another.
In the movie, the character ascended the dark stairway, signifying his rise to power.
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Inside a Dog Retirement...
and beyond I started putting pictures up as dogs passed away just kind of put their picture up here and of course over time their will became more and more pictures so we started calling it stairway to heaven we'll never forget that we never forget them they're always with us
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Through the shattered...
and her offspring had been leveled to the ground the only remaining structure of the house was a stairway to their balcony a sole reminder and a testimony that the rubble was once a home her family has hosted me and my fixers during my previous visit the table was full of
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How Boredom Can Lead to...
Lisa I was bored, I guess. So I suddenly looked at the stairway that went up to the top of the station, and I thought, you know, I had just come down that stairway, but I could go back up and then come back down and get a little cardio. So I did,
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Equinoxes PIPE National...
axes during the equinoxes shadows cast by the railings create the illusion of a writhing serpent body descending the northern steps where it joins the carved serpents head at the base of the stairway the cultural significance of
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Meet Spot, the robot dog...
So we've been taking our robot to our employees' homes to see whether we could get in -- the various access ways. And believe me, in the Boston area, there's every manner of stairway twists and turns. So it's a real challenge.
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Embracing otherness,...
That confirms its existence and its importance. And it is important. It has an extremely important function. Without it, we literally can't interface with others. We can't hatch plans and climb that stairway of popularity,
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Copán Ruinas Was a...
still shrouded in mystery as some of the stairway is eroded or jumbled some archaeologists now believe the collapse of copán was the result of a population boom coupled with agriculture that could not support the growth
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Martine Rothblatt: My...
He said that all people with this illness died, and if any of you have seen the film "Lorenzo's Oil," there's a scene when the protagonist kind of rolls down the stairway crying and bemoaning the fate of his son,
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The healing power of...
How he kept reading, even though it put him in a panic. He finished the book before I did, reading it in a concrete stairway with no light.
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The Ancient City of Sela...
You look for a high place to be closer to the gods. ALBERT So far, all I've found is a piece of pottery and an ancient stairway to heaven.
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Inside a Dog Retirement...
and beyond I started putting pictures up as dogs passed away just kind of put their picture up here and of course over time their will became more and more pictures so we started calling it stairway to heaven we'll never forget that we never forget them they're always with us
Video examples
Through the shattered...
and her offspring had been leveled to the ground the only remaining structure of the house was a stairway to their balcony a sole reminder and a testimony that the rubble was once a home her family has hosted me and my fixers during my previous visit the table was full of
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How Boredom Can Lead to...
Lisa I was bored, I guess. So I suddenly looked at the stairway that went up to the top of the station, and I thought, you know, I had just come down that stairway, but I could go back up and then come back down and get a little cardio. So I did,
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Equinoxes PIPE National...
axes during the equinoxes shadows cast by the railings create the illusion of a writhing serpent body descending the northern steps where it joins the carved serpents head at the base of the stairway the cultural significance of
Video examples
Meet Spot, the robot dog...
So we've been taking our robot to our employees' homes to see whether we could get in -- the various access ways. And believe me, in the Boston area, there's every manner of stairway twists and turns. So it's a real challenge.
Video examples
Embracing otherness,...
That confirms its existence and its importance. And it is important. It has an extremely important function. Without it, we literally can't interface with others. We can't hatch plans and climb that stairway of popularity,
Video examples
Copán Ruinas Was a...
still shrouded in mystery as some of the stairway is eroded or jumbled some archaeologists now believe the collapse of copán was the result of a population boom coupled with agriculture that could not support the growth
Video examples
Martine Rothblatt: My...
He said that all people with this illness died, and if any of you have seen the film "Lorenzo's Oil," there's a scene when the protagonist kind of rolls down the stairway crying and bemoaning the fate of his son,
Video examples
The healing power of...
How he kept reading, even though it put him in a panic. He finished the book before I did, reading it in a concrete stairway with no light.
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The Ancient City of Sela...
You look for a high place to be closer to the gods. ALBERT So far, all I've found is a piece of pottery and an ancient stairway to heaven.
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Joe R. Lansdale
American Writer
I remember going to a theater once, and there was a stairway that wound its way out to the back. And I was very young, a small child, and I said to my mom, 'Why are those people going up those stairs?' And she said, 'You know, I don't know how to tell you this, I don't know how to explain it, but it won't always be that way, because it's wrong.
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Richard Preston
American Writer
In the course of writing 'First Light,' I climbed all over and through the Hale Telescope, where I found rooms, stairways, tunnels, and abandoned machines leaking oil. My notebooks show tooth-marks where I gripped them with my teeth while climbing around inside the telescope, and the notebooks are stained with Flying Horse telescope oil.
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Philippe Coutinho
Brazilian Athlete
I see football as a bit like a stairway, and you have to climb it bit by bit. First, you have to play good football so that you get to play for a good team. Then, hopefully you achieve such a level that you are invited to play for your national side, in time for a World Cup, if possible.
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Malcolm Gladwell
Canadian Author
When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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Adam Neumann
American Businessman
Once you choose to enter a WeWork, you choose to be part of something more 'we' than 'me.' People start coming together. They'll see each other in the elevator; they talk in the stairways. There's a thousand other things they do.
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Ralph Ransom
Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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Tommy Chong
Canadian Actor
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out.
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Theodore C. Sorensen
American Lawyer
With the help of dedicated Americans from our party, every party, and no party at all, I intend to mount that stairway to preach peace for our nation and world.
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Joe R. Lansdale
American Writer
I remember going to a theater once, and there was a stairway that wound its way out to the back. And I was very young, a small child, and I said to my mom, 'Why are those people going up those stairs?' And she said, 'You know, I don't know how to tell you this, I don't know how to explain it, but it won't always be that way, because it's wrong.
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Richard Preston
American Writer
In the course of writing 'First Light,' I climbed all over and through the Hale Telescope, where I found rooms, stairways, tunnels, and abandoned machines leaking oil. My notebooks show tooth-marks where I gripped them with my teeth while climbing around inside the telescope, and the notebooks are stained with Flying Horse telescope oil.
Quote examples
Philippe Coutinho
Brazilian Athlete
I see football as a bit like a stairway, and you have to climb it bit by bit. First, you have to play good football so that you get to play for a good team. Then, hopefully you achieve such a level that you are invited to play for your national side, in time for a World Cup, if possible.
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Malcolm Gladwell
Canadian Author
When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.
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Adam Neumann
American Businessman
Once you choose to enter a WeWork, you choose to be part of something more 'we' than 'me.' People start coming together. They'll see each other in the elevator; they talk in the stairways. There's a thousand other things they do.
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Ralph Ransom
Life is a series of steps. Things are done gradually. Once in a while there is a giant step, but most of the time we are taking small, seemingly insignificant steps on the stairway of life.
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Tommy Chong
Canadian Actor
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we recorded at a radio station on the stairway, and we did a record and it got put out.
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Theodore C. Sorensen
American Lawyer
With the help of dedicated Americans from our party, every party, and no party at all, I intend to mount that stairway to preach peace for our nation and world.
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