stairways
Flights between floors
Stairways is simply the plural of stairway, a set of steps connecting different levels of a building or structure.
The term is interchangeable with stairs or staircase in most contexts, though stairway sometimes suggests a grander or more formal passage.
The museum's marble stairways impressed every visitor.
The word appears famously in the Led Zeppelin song "Stairway to Heaven," where it serves as a metaphor for spiritual ascent.
Enclosed vertical passage for stairs
- balustradeRail supported by posts
- banisterStairway handrail support
- handrailBar for gripping on stairs
- newelRailing's supporting post
baluster · treads · risers · landing · flight · spiral · stringer · cantilever
Move upward
- descendMove to lower position
- climbAscend using effort
- stepsSequential actions in process
- effortApplied energy toward goals
trek · exercise · endurance · cardio · steep · exertion · navigate · traverse
Point of beginning
hallway · corridor · foyer · atrium · vestibule · mezzanine · gallery · connecting
Underlying support system
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- footingSecure ground position
- joistHorizontal structural beam
- scaffoldingTemporary exterior work platform
carpentry · engineering · materials · mortar · railing · platform · stability · support
Sequential forward movement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- upliftRaise emotionally or physically
- promotionRank increase or publicity
improvement · growth · development · upgrade · betterment · milestone · journey · rise
stairwell
Enclosed vertical passage for stairs
- balustradeRail supported by posts
- banisterStairway handrail support
- handrailBar for gripping on stairs
newel · baluster · treads · risers · landing · flight · spiral · stringer · cantilever · winding
ascend
Move upward
effort · trek · exercise · endurance · cardio · steep · exertion · navigate · traverse · mount
threshold
Point of beginning
exit · hallway · corridor · foyer · atrium · vestibule · mezzanine · gallery · connecting · access
framework
Underlying support system
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- footingSecure ground position
- joistHorizontal structural beam
scaffolding · carpentry · engineering · materials · mortar · railing · platform · stability · support · reinforcement
progression
Sequential forward movement
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- ascensionMovement to higher position
- upliftRaise emotionally or physically
promotion · improvement · growth · development · upgrade · betterment · milestone · journey · rise · elevation
- interiorsrooms, bedrooms, walls, kitchens, floors
- amphitheaterstiered seating, tiers, seats, oval shape, semicircle
- catacombstunnels, passages, burial chambers, tombs, crypts
- leading linesconverging lines, vanishing point, diagonals, S-curve, S-curves
- building codesIRC, building code, safety codes, construction codes, electrical codes
- stupastorana, sacred relics, dome, spire, pinnacle
stairwayselevators
Vertical passenger conveyances
lifts · escalators · ramps · chair lifts · chairlifts
- Stairway to HeavenLegendary extended rock composition