Meaning

3 senses
  1. A flight of stairs; a stairway.

    Stiege, Treppe, Treppenhaus

    ле́стницаléstnica, ле́стничная кле́ткаléstničnaja klétka

    схо́диsxódy, сходо́ва клі́ткаsxodóva klítka

  2. A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.

  3. A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.

More definitions
  • a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps

Examples

59 sentences
  1. Tom carefully climbed up the rickety staircase.

    ruТом осторожно поднялся по шаткой лестнице. — odexed

  2. Tom's house has a beautiful marble staircase.

  3. The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark.

  4. Tom pushed Mary down the staircase.

  5. Tom jogged down the narrow staircases.

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Translations

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Forms

plural: staircases

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps:stairway

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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