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stairwell

 
Dictionary: stair·well   (stâr'wĕl') pronunciation
n.
A vertical shaft around which a staircase has been built.


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Architecture: stairwell
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The vertical shaft which contains a staircase.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a vertical well around which there is a stairway


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Dansk (Danish)
n. - trappeskakt

Nederlands (Dutch)
trappenhuis

Français (French)
n. - cage d'escalier

Deutsch (German)
n. - Treppenhaus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κλιμακοστάσιο

Italiano (Italian)
pozzo delle scale

Português (Portuguese)
n. - parte (f) de um edifício que contém a escadaria (Arquit.)

Русский (Russian)
лестничный колодец

Español (Spanish)
n. - caja de la escalera

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - trapphus

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
楼梯井

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 樓梯井

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 계단통(층층대와 그 중심을 이루는 우물 모양의 공간)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 階段吹抜け

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جزء البنايه الذي يضم السلالم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חדר המדרגות, פיר המדרגות‬


 
 

 

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