[
US
/ˈstɛɹˌwɛɫ/
]
[ UK /stˈeəwɛl/ ]
[ UK /stˈeəwɛl/ ]
NOUN
- a vertical well around which there is a stairway
How To Use stairwell In A Sentence
- Less than a minute later he had gone past the courts, down a stairwell and opened the fire door.
- Floored with glass, the terrace is also a skylight shedding luminance into the building and down the stairwell.
- The crews found a makeshift stairwell between the first and second floor that further hindered rescue efforts. Times, Sunday Times
- Anyone climbing the ladder to the loft is suspended above the vertical spiral stairwell - not recommended for those nervous of heights.
- The decision made, he turned and swaggered out of the door, idle hands swinging and dangling as he strode manfully toward the stairwell.
- I went out in the hall and sat on the top stair and looked down the stairwell.
- Three fire-protected stairwells in the building provide the opportunity for smaller rentable units.
- On the first floor three two bedroom units will be built around a central stairwell and lift shaft.
- Spread over two floors with a stairwell between, gorgeous girls in Prada, Dolce and Versace lie back on couches sipping negronis, watching dashing men in Armani smoke imported cigars over iced bourbon.
- I came back right around 10:00, and at that point, they had two cops in the side stairwell ID'ing everybody coming back in.