stairwell
noun
stair·well
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Definition of stairwell
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
Examples of stairwell in a Sentence
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One photo shows Irby, Schreiber, Hey and Wyrosdick sitting in a stairwell in football jerseys, next to a lit jack-o-lantern. — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, "25-year-old man killed at Gilroy Garlic Festival remembered as an athlete with a big heart," 29 July 2019 Lost: Old School Spontaneity Kirby flinging cherry bombs down a hotel stairwell. — Tribune News Service, cleveland.com, "50 years of San Diego Comic-Con: What we’ve gained and lost in five decades of pop culture celebrations (See latest photos)," 18 July 2019 Lost: Old School Spontaneity Kirby flinging cherry bombs down a hotel stairwell. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "50 Shades of Comic-Con: What we’ve gained and lost in five decades of pop culture celebrations," 14 July 2019 Footage from the rescues shows law enforcers guiding petrified employees down a stairwell where one person lay dead. — Christal Hayes, USA TODAY, "How cops cope with shooting trauma: 'They’re going to be forever changed,' Virginia Beach police chief says," 3 June 2019 The open stairwell is nicely installed with dog-themed ceramics, showing the many ways artists can morph the bulldog into Winston Churchill. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, "Dog Days of Summer? Visit the New Museum of the Dog," 24 Aug. 2019 Escalator cleanliness rose to 65.3% from 62.7%, and stairwell cleanliness climbed to 60.2% from 56.8%. — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, "BART stations are getting cleaner, especially elevators, passenger survey says," 21 Aug. 2019 Laundry rooms on each floor also eliminate the need for students to drag dirty clothes into elevators and stairwells. — Daniel Langhorne, Daily Pilot, "New dorm marks Chapman University’s progress toward housing more students, improving neighbor relations," 9 Aug. 2019 The first episode of Netflix’s Wu Assassins opens with a kinetic, preposterous, thoroughly enjoyable Hong Kong cinema throwback fight scene set in a series of halls and stairwells. — Noah Berlatsky, The Verge, "Netflix’s Wu Assassins series lacks the Hong Kong cinema magic," 8 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stairwell.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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stairwell
noun
English Language Learners Definition of stairwell
: a space in a building where stairs are located
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