"stairwell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stairwells [plural]
Etymology: From stair + well. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|stair|well}} stair + well Head templates: {{en-noun}} stairwell (plural stairwells)
  1. A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase. Translations (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase): عَمُود السُّلَّم (ʕamūd as-sullam) [masculine] (Arabic), стълбищна шахта (stǎlbištna šahta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 樓梯井 (Chinese Mandarin), 楼梯井 (lóutījǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), opgang [common-gender] (Danish), trappenhuis [neuter] (Dutch), rappukäytävä (Finnish), porraskäytävä (Finnish), porrashuone (Finnish), cage d’escalier [feminine] (French), Treppenhaus [neuter] (German), φρέαρ κλιμακοστασίου (fréar klimakostasíou) [neuter] (Greek), lépcsőház (Hungarian), stigagangur [masculine] (Icelandic), tromba delle scale [feminine] (Italian), pozzo delle scale [masculine] (Italian), 階段の吹き抜け (kaidan no fukinuke) (alt: かいだんのふきぬけ) (Japanese), trappeoppgang [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), trappeoppgang [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), klatka schodowa [feminine] (Polish), poço [masculine] (Portuguese), poço das escadas [masculine] (Portuguese), poço da escadaria [masculine] (Portuguese), ле́стничный коло́дец (léstničnyj kolódec) [masculine] (Russian), подъе́зд (podʺjézd) [masculine] (Russian), caja [feminine] (Spanish), trapphus [neuter] (Swedish), trappuppgång [common-gender] (Swedish)

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