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View synonyms for stairwell

stairwell

or stair well

[ stair-wel ]

noun

  1. the vertical shaft or opening containing a stairway.


stairwell

/ ˈstɛəˌwɛl /

noun

  1. a vertical shaft or opening that contains a staircase
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of stairwell1

First recorded in 1915–20; stair + well 2
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Example Sentences

Then he ran into the shooter in a stairwell, where Singh was shot down, relatives said.

They saw him coming and going — through a side-gate and into a basement stairwell — at the Palma’s home.

This is a community where no one really knows one another, even before the pandemic, so we've never interacted with them, even though we share a stairwell.

Archie Djabatey climbed the narrow stairwell and stopped on the second-floor landing.

Archie Djabatey hauled up the narrow stairwell and stopped on the second-floor landing.

Gurley came out of stairwell door as the two cops approached.

Did the controversial stairwell tryst on Thursday night's 'Reign' premiere leave you hot and bothered?

One handmaiden, however, cannot wait to find a suitable male and finds an empty stairwell to take matters into her own hands.

Guards shut down the elevators, but about two dozen employees broke into the emergency stairwell and climbed to the 41st floor.

Then about a week later, as a storm was approaching Miami, they visited again and found him on the second floor of his stairwell.

He heaved another small sigh and passed slowly up the worn steps of the stairwell until he came to the top of the house.

Freeing all of them, he dragged their weight to the stairwell and jammed them together to make a barricade.

Jon turned and went down the dusty stairwell and knocked gently on Mr. Coleman's door.

The chums and the strange individual rounded the built-up stairwell of the saloon at the same moment and came face to face again.

But a big tongue of flame suddenly leapt up the stairwell at the end of the hall.

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