Definition of "stairwell" [stairwell]

• A vertical shaft around which a staircase has been built. (noun)

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• "Recently Barg discovered that the man who called out to him and the others in the stairwell is a supervisor at Baseline Financial."
• "A pristine stairwell is one more step toward her objective: a data-driven, no-excuses haven for learning, where all children excel and shoestrings never come undone."
• "And now the stairwell is painted and timprov's Hidden Falls picture is hung in it, and I am pleased."