"moving staircase" meaning in English

See moving staircase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: moving staircases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} moving staircase (plural moving staircases)
  1. (UK) An escalator. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-moving_staircase-en-noun-eGGwMGpd Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(UK) An escalator."
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