Usually means: Enclosed space containing stairs, vertical.
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  1. stairwell: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stairwell: Merriam-Webster
  3. stairwell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stairwell: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. stairwell: Collins English Dictionary
  6. stairwell: Vocabulary.com
  7. Stairwell, stairwell: Wordnik
  8. stairwell: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. stairwell: Wiktionary
  10. stairwell: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. stairwell: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. stairwell: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. stairwell: Dictionary.com
  14. Stairwell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. stairwell: Rhymezone
  16. stairwell: FreeDictionary.org
  17. stairwell: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. stairwell: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. stairwell: Encyclopedia

(Note: See stairwelling as well.)

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▸ noun:  A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.

Similar:
staircase, stairway, ladderway, stair, lightwell, shaftway, stepway, stairtower, air shaft, stairhall, more...

Opposite:
basement, elevator, ground floor, ramp, flat surface

Types:
fire escape, basement stairs, attic stairs, exterior stairs, interior stairs, spiral staircase, ladder, more...

Phrases:
metal stairwell support, more...

Adjectives:
dark, narrow, open, main, concrete, central, empty, circular, darkened, steep, spiral

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Similar:
staircase, stairway, ladderway, stair, lightwell, shaftway, stepway, stairtower, air shaft, stairhall, more...

Opposite:
basement, elevator, ground floor, ramp, flat surface

Types:
fire escape, basement stairs, attic stairs, exterior stairs, interior stairs, spiral staircase, ladder, more...

Phrases:
metal stairwell support, more...

Adjectives:
dark, narrow, open, main, concrete, central, empty, circular, darkened, steep, spiral

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     white,     cream,     taupe, more...



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