Associations to the word «Stairwell»

Wiktionary

STAIRWELL, noun. A shaft in a multi-story building enclosing a stairway or staircase.

Dictionary definition

STAIRWELL, noun. A vertical well around which there is a stairway.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats