Definition of "stairways" [stairways]

• Plural form of stairway. (noun)

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• "The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days of yore when the engines were pulled by horses."
• "Between the stairways was the entrance to the grotto; take the stairs up and you were brought to the Great Stairs with its grand murals."
• "On most floors, the stairways were about 30 feet apart in the core with the plumbing, elevators and other infrastructure."