stairwell
stairwell · stairwells
подъезд, лестничный колодец
Treppenhaus
A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircaseA shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.
UK/ˈstɛəwɛl/US/ˈstɛɹwɛl/
» The fire started in the stairwell.
Meaning
1 sensesA shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.
Treppenhaus
ле́стничный коло́децléstničnyj kolódec, подъе́здpodʺjézd
More definitions
- a vertical well around which there is a stairway
Examples
17 sentencesThe fire started in the stairwell.
The fire apparently started in the stairwell.
Just then I heard footsteps in the stairwell.
They suspect the fire started in the stairwell.
They think the fire started in the stairwell.
ruОни думают, что пожар начался в подъзде.
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase:
Forms
plural: stairwells| Singular | stairwell |
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regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedstairwelled