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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


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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

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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