25,000 people die every day due to starvation.
2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

companionway \companionway\ n.

1. a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship. [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

companionway

noun: a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship
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