cellar stairs
Underground level access
Cellar stairs are the steps leading down to a basement or cellar, typically steeper and narrower than main staircases.
They often appear in contexts of childhood fear, horror films, or domestic accidents: Don't leave boxes on the cellar stairs.
The phrase evokes dark, utilitarian spaces—unfinished wood, bare bulbs, the smell of damp concrete.
- basementSubterranean building level
- descendMove to lower position
- going downMoving in downward direction
- creakyMaking strained sounds
- woodenMade from timber
dark · handrail · cobwebs · dusty · steep · shadow · damp · musty · storage · laundry room · underground · steps · bottom step · banister · dim · pitch black · light switch · pull chain
- stairstreads, steps, handrails, step, risers
- stepped structuressteps, stepladder, ladder, escalator, step stool
- outdoor stairsfront steps, porch steps, stoop, fire escape, stone steps