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stairway [noun]
US /ˈster.weɪ/ 
UK /ˈsteə.weɪ/ 
Example: 

He carried the box through the stairway.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

stairway

stairway /ˈsteəweɪ $ ˈster-/ noun [countable]
  a staircase, especially a large or impressive one

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stairway

stair·way [stairway stairways]   [ˈsteəweɪ]    [ˈsterweɪ]  noun

a set of stairs inside or outside a building

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

stairway / ˈsteə.weɪ /   / ˈster- / noun [ C ]

a passage in a public place with a set of steps that leads from one level to another

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Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

stairway

/steə(r)weɪ/
(stairways)

A stairway is a staircase or a flight of steps, inside or outside a building.

N-COUNT

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stairway

stair·way /ˈsteɚˌweɪ/ noun, pl -ways [count] : a set of stairs that go from one level or floor to another
• He took the stairway up to the third floor. [=he went to the third floor by walking up the stairs]