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Definition of Staircase
1. Noun. A way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps.
Specialized synonyms: Backstairs, Companionway, Escalator, Moving Staircase, Moving Stairway, Emergency Exit, Fire Escape, Flight, Flight Of Stairs, Flight Of Steps, Ghat, Stairs, Steps, Ramp
Group relationships: Building, Edifice
Terms within: Landing, Stairhead, Stair, Step
Generic synonyms: Way
Definition of Staircase
1. n. A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.
Definition of Staircase
1. Noun. a flight of stairs; a stairway ¹
2. Noun. a connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Staircase
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Staircase
1.
A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. "To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture." (Sir H. Wotton) Staircase shell.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staircase
Literary usage of Staircase
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"In this recess ne commands, without being leen, a view of the staircase, by which
means he is necessarily obliged, as well as without trouble enabled, ..."
2. Methods of Practical Hygiene by Karl Bernhard Lehmann (1893)
"By a proper arrangement of the staircase a tolerable illumination and sufficient
ventilation may be provided for the ante-chambers, if these have no window ..."
3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"Returning through the large and lofty hall, they ascended a broad staircase of
shining oak, which, after many flights and many landing-places, brought them ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... is in a spacious room at the head of the main staircase in the rotunda.
It contains a fine collection of the coins of all nations, ancient and modern, ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... is in a spacious room at the head of the main staircase in the rotunda.
It contains a fine collection of the coins of all nations, ancient and modern, ..."
6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Ministry of State dates from Philip IV and the town hall with its fine
staircase is a seventeenth-century structure. The Palacio del Congreso, ..."
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