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stairway

noun as in flight of stairs

noun as in woodwork

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The sole stairway itself must either be pressurized to keep out the smoke or open air.

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I watch them walk under a rounded doorframe and descend a stairway leading into a huge auditorium the size of a football field.

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There were four rooms on the ground floor and a main stairway to the second floor.

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The children closed the door behind them, and walked past wooden railings and stairways and up a ramp to a platform in the back corner of the barn.

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Work on decorative details, sculptures and a stairway leading to the building's main entrance is expected to continue over the next decade.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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