Meaning of staircase | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A flight of stairs; a stairway.
2. stairs
3. A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
4. A flight or series of flights of steps and a supporting structure connecting separate levels. Also called stairway.
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5. staircase, stairway
6. A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
7. a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
8. ladder
9. (any one of) a number of steps, usually inside a building, going from one floor to another. He fell down the stairs. trappe دَرَجَه стълба escada schod(y) die Treppe trappe σκαλί, σκάλα trepp پله porras marche מַדרֵגוֹת सीढ़ी, सोपान stepenica, stube (pl.) lépcső(fok) tangga stigaþrep; trappa; stigi scalino; scala 階段 계단 laiptelis, pakopa pakāpiens; kāpnes tangga traptrappstopień, schodek escada treaptă ступенька schod stopnica stepenik trappa, trappsteg ขั้นบันได merdiven 樓梯 східець زینہ bậc t...
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10. straight
11. a series or flight of stairs. A dark and narrow staircase led up to the top floor. trappe مَطْلَع الدَّرَج، سلالِم المَبْنى стълбище escadaria schodiště die Treppe trappeopgang; trappe σκάλα trepikoda راه پله portaikko escalier חֲדַר מַדרֵגוֹת सीढ़ी, सोपान, जीना, पैड़ी stubište, stepenice lépcsőház tangga stigi scala 階段 (난간을 포함한) 계단 laiptai, laiptinė kāpnes tangga traptrapp; trappeoppgangklatka schodowa, schody escadaria scară лестница schodište stopnišče stepenište trappa บันไดทอดหนึ่ง merdi...
12. (Architecture) a flight of stairs, its supporting framework, and, usually, a handrail or banisters

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Examples

“I was on the staircase by the bell / Blinded by the black magician's spell”

“Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.”

“When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.”

“Oliver immediately gets a 'guided tour, Felix wheeling through libraries and endless colour-coded rooms, up and down staircases and along echoing halls where various "dead relly[s]" stare down from the walls.”

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