staircase
/ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs/ noun B1- A flight of stairs; a stairway.
- A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
- A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
Plural staircases
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Bennet, having dawdled about in the vestibule to watch for the end of the conference, no sooner saw Elizabeth open the door and with quick step pass her towards the staircase, than she entered the breakfast-room, and congratulated both him and herself in warm terms on the happy prospect of their nearer connection.
A stone-flagged passage, with the kitchens branching away from it, led by a wooden staircase directly to the first floor of the house.
It ended in a curving staircase, with the commissionnaire’s lodge in the passage at the bottom.
Half-way down this staircase is a small landing, with another passage running into it at right angles.
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