Staircase

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A flight or series of flights of steps and a supporting structure connecting separate levels. Also called stairway.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a flight of stairs; a stairway
  • n. a connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The part of a building which contains the stairs: also often used for stairs or flight of stairs. Staircases are straight or winding. The straight are technically called fliers or direct fliers.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
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    stairway    corridor    balcony    pillar    doorway    porch    gallery    tunnel    hall    archway