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Definition of Stairwell
1. Noun. A vertical well around which there is a stairway.
Definition of Stairwell
1. Noun. A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stairwell
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stairwell
Literary usage of Stairwell
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Data for Room Fire Model Comparisons by Richard D. Peacock (1993)
"When the stairwell pressurization system was activated, the exterior stairwell
... The stairwell is pressurized by 9000 cfm. and the exterior stairwell door ..."
2. Health Pass: An Evaluation of a Managed Care Program for Certain (1993)
"When the stairwell pressurization system was activated, the exterior stairwell
... The stairwell is pressurized by 9000 cfm, and the exterior stairwell door ..."
3. Ninth Day of Creationby Leonard Crane by Leonard Crane (2000)
"Kirby moved along the hall from door to door, checking the rooms. At the end he
came to a stairwell leading from the basement below up to the next floor. ..."
4. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"The necessity for a stairwell isolated by fire-resisting walls, so that the
stairwell and the stairway within should be in a perfect zone of safety in case ..."
5. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"The necessity for a stairwell isolated by fire-resisting walls, so that the
stairwell and the stairway within should be in a perfect zone of safety in case ..."
6. Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"Stepping through into the emergency stairwell, I see an ashtray fashioned ...
The stairwell is gray and industrial and refreshingly hard-edged after three ..."
7. Charis: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr by Sara Anderson Immerwahr, Anne Proctor Chapin (2004)
"... The paintings decorate the entry, the church, the inner walls of a two-storied
cloister, and the stairwell leading to the upper floor of the cloister. ..."
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