Converse of subject

• reach: The door to the keep would have been reached by an external timber stairway, the design of the doorway is not known.

Converse of object

• ascend: Retracing our steps to the middle of the canopy we can now ascend the narrow stairway to the terrace above.

• descend: The tumult about the descending stairway rose to furious violence.

• climb: We are climbing a stairway to the stars with a dazzling light far ahead of us at the top.

• curve: The living room, spacious and comfortable, is given a regal air by the impressive curved marble stairway up to the mezzanine lounge.

• build: The challenge of ' the Ascent of Olympus ' entailed building a stairway of 26 levels using 1200 blocks.

• wind: He clattered up the narrow winding stairway into the gallery.

Adjective modifier

• hieroglyphic: Town hall meetings construct a nearly Moto reporter cruises Mexico City streets for news their groups hieroglyphic stairway at.

• steep: Up the railroad, down a lift, then a steep stairway to the edge of the glacier.

• narrow: Access to the premises was gained by the narrow stairway at the rear of the shop.

• circular: A large circular stairway leads up to the three bedrooms.

• grand: At dinner we noticed an elderly lady sitting alone along the rail of the grand stairway in the main dining room.

• wooden: A wooden stairway leads up to a mezzanine area with 3 single beds - well spaced out.

Modifies a noun

• entrance: Beside it, a perfect rood loft stairway entrance.

• access: There are a further 3 twin bedrooms and full bathroom on this level with stairway access to the roof top solarium.

Noun used with modifier

• spiral: Across to the tight spiral stairway, down into the church.

• marble: A fanned Armagh marble stairway leads up to the entrance door on the north facade.

• stone: From the hall the stone flag stairway takes you to the two bedrooms.

• roodloft: The redbrick outside of the roodloft stairway in the south wall.

• rood: Beside it, a perfect rood loft stairway entrance.