Stairwell

Synonyms for "stairwell" (1 found)

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Closest matches (1)

staircase

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

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well

at location

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apartment building house multi story building multistory building someones house tall building two story building

derived from

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stair well

has a

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many steps in stairs

is a

3 entries

fixed indoor space well where staircase stands

related to

4 entries

multi story shaft staircase stairway

used for

25 entries

accessing stairs add exercise to day ascend ascending from one floor to another avoid elevators climbing connecting two floors control fires descend excape fire exit building get heart pumping getting from one floor to another going up or down hang on to railing increase available floor space

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Translations

37 translations across 25 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

عَمُود السُّلَّم noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Bulgarian

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стълбищна шахта noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Catalan

3 entries

buc noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
caixa noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
caixer noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Chinese Mandarin

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樓梯井 /楼梯井 noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Danish

2 entries

opgang noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
trappehus noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Dutch

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

Esperanto

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

Finnish

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porrashuone noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
porraskäytävä noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
rappukäytävä noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

French

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cage d'escalier noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

German

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

Greek

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φρέαρ κλιμακοστασίου noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Hungarian

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

Icelandic

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

Irish

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log staighre noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Italian

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pozzo delle scale noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
tromba delle scale noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Japanese

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階段の吹き抜け noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Korean

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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

Polish

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klatka schodowa noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Portuguese

3 entries

poço noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
poço da escadaria noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
poço das escadas noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Russian

2 entries

ле́стничный коло́дец noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
подъе́зд noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Spanish

3 entries

caja noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
hoyo de la escalera noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
pozo de la escalera noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Swedish

2 entries

trapphus noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)
trappuppgång noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Welsh

1 entries

twll grisiau noun (a shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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Just then I heard footsteps in the stairwell.

Source: tatoeba (1722520)

Eva climbed the stairs to Romer's office, trying to analyse the complex smell in the stairwell - a cross between mushrooms and soot, ancient stour and mildew, she decided.

Source: tatoeba (1785512)

Sami passed out in the stairwell.

Source: tatoeba (7320980)

Let's go in the stairwell so we can talk.

Source: tatoeba (7446509)

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