Definition of stairwell
: a vertical shaft in which stairs are located
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Recent Examples of stairwell from the Web
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Twenty-year-old Raheel Siddiqui of Taylor, Michigan, died March 18, 2016 after falling nearly 40 feet in a stairwell at the installation, the Naval Criminal Investigation Service has said.
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In the footage’s last scenes, the gunman is seen exchanging fire with one of the hotel’s security officers at a stairwell doorway.
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From the imposing stairwell to the natural light that bathes the halls and bounces off sparkling white marble floors, The Cuban is a jewel.
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Only these kids threw their homework, English papers and other schoolwork away, down a school stairwell, creating a blizzard of paper that left people on Twitter very jealous.
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Graffiti bearing the team's red dragons logo festoons the outside of the old stand, which is adorned with littered stairwells and poured cement with all the charm of an old prison.
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The main stairwell is off of North Davidson Street, sandwiched between the doors that lead into Salud Beer Shop and its adjacent deli, FūD at Salud.
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In Brooklyn, a police officer, Peter Liang, was charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed man, Akai Gurley, in the stairwell of a public housing complex in Brooklyn.
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A map of the hotel shown in the video, indicates that the only surveillance camera in that hallway was located one door down from the victim’s room and pointed away from his door toward what appears to be a stairwell.
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1920
First Known Use of stairwell
1920
STAIRWELL Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of stairwell for English Language Learners
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: a space in a building where stairs are located
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