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STAIRWELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stairwell mean?
• STAIRWELL (noun)
The noun STAIRWELL has 1 sense:
1. a vertical well around which there is a stairway
Familiarity information: STAIRWELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vertical well around which there is a stairway
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("stairwell" is a kind of...):
well (an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway))
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