stairwell
/ˈstɛəwɛl/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/ˈstɛːwɛl/
stairwell noun: a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.
Noun
stairwell (plural 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.2007 October 25, “Cleveland police release school shooting video”, in The Denver Post, archived from the original on 06 Dec 2025
- Photos accompanying the report included the rusty stairwell column that was replaced, the pool corbel’s “loose, cracked, spalled deteriorated concrete” and exposed rebar, water damage to balcony eaves, and other damage to eaves and stucco on the building.2021 July 2, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Alta Spells, Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, “Firm held off on repairs because of stability issues in months before Surfside building collapse”, in CNN, archived from...
stairwell meaning in Arabic
stairwell in Arabic
- a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase
- عَمُود السُّلَّم ʕamūd as-sullam
Examples of stairwell in a sentence
- What should a wheelchaired person do if he waits by the stairwell for assistance in a fire but help never comes in time to carry him down with an evacuchair?
- Alexander’s” The conversation was uncomfortably close to Brian’s recent exchange with Priya in the stairwell.
- Some last thoughts in l'esprit de l'escalier—afterthoughts descending the stairwell as one remembers things unsaid.
Forms of stairwell
| plural | stairwells |
|---|
Origin of stairwell
From stair + well.
Words formed from stairwell
Questions about stairwell
- What does stairwell mean?
- Stairwell means a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.
- What is stairwell in Arabic?
- Stairwell in Arabic is عَمُود السُّلَّم (ʕamūd as-sullam). See Stairwell meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is stairwell?
- Stairwell is a noun.
- How do you pronounce stairwell?
- Stairwell is pronounced /ˈstɛəwɛl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of stairwell?
- The plural of stairwell is stairwells.
Words near stairwell in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stairwell (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stairwell.wav.
Cite this entry: “stairwell.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/stairwell. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.