stairwell

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stairwell

/ˈstɛəwɛl/ UK
/ˈstɛːwɛl/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈstɜː(ɹ)wɛl/ UK
/ˈsteɾwɛl/ Scotland, UK
/ˈstɛːwɛl/ UK, Wales
/ˈstɛɹwɛl/ US
/ˈsteːwel/ Australia
/ˈsteəwel/ New Zealand
/ˈstiəwel/ New Zealand

Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)wɛl

noun stairwells

A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase. Math teacher David Kachadourian, 57, was shot first, out of view of the camera, while rushing his students to safety in a stairwell. Kachadourian, shot in the back, flees down one flight to the third floor, leaving a bloody trail.

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noun a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase

Español	caja/hoya de escalera, hueco/pozo de escalera
한국어	계단통 gyedantong
日本語	階段の吹き抜け kaidan no fukinuke
中文	樓梯井 /楼梯井 lóutījǐng
Português	poço, poço das escadas, poço da escadaria
Français	cage d'escalier
Deutsch	Treppenhaus
Italiano	tromba delle scale, pozzo delle scale
Ελληνικά	φρέαρ κλιμακοστασίου fréar klimakostasíou
Русский	ле́стничный коло́дец léstničnyj kolódec, подъе́зд podʺjézd
العربية	عَمُود السُّلَّم ʕamūd as-sullam

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@misc{stairwell_2026,
  title = {stairwell},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stairwell},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}