Meaning & use
stairwell
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A vertical shaft or enclosed space containing a staircase.
See it in a sentence
The fire alarm forced everyone to evacuate through the stairwell.
Her voice echoed through the empty stairwell.
A note on using this word
Refers to the enclosed space itself, not just the stairs; a building can have a stairwell with no one on the stairs.
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