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STAIRS
Stairs of Mourning; Stairs of Wailing; Scalae Gemoniae; The Stairs of Mourning; Gemonian Stairs

stairwell         
  • Steps with two anti-slip rubber strips and small nosings
  • helical]] stairway into the appearance of a [[spiral]] (Hamburg, Germany)
  • Cascade of Yerevan]], a giant stairway made of limestone in [[Armenia]]
  • Comparison of spiral (blue), helix (green), and a conical helix (red) derived from both curves
  • right
  • Emergency exit stairs are usually sparsely furnished because of fire code restrictions
  • On a rarely used staircase from before 1754, the Crown Princess of Sweden ascends from the [[Stockholm Palace]] garden with her husband and baby in 2013.
  • upright
  • Industrial helical staircase winding around a central [[newel]]
  • Stairs inside the [[Red Pyramid]] in Egypt, {{circa}}2575–2551 BCE
  • Wooden stairs at the shores of Lake Iso-Melkutin in [[Loppi]], Finland
  • Upwards view of an [[Art Nouveau]] helical staircase with a [[pentagonal]] core
  • Floating staircase
  • The world's longest stairway, at the ''[[Niesenbahn]]'' funicular, in Switzerland, has 11,674 steps
  • massacre]] on the "[[Potemkin Stairs]]" from the 1925 silent film ''[[Battleship Potemkin]]''
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  • A quite unusual "variable rise" stairway, which also distorts visual perspective (at The Duomo in Urbino, Italy)
  • upright
  • Gothic helical staircase rises clockwise in [[St. Elisabeth Cathedral]] in [[Košice]], Slovakia
CONSTRUCTION DESIGNED TO BRIDGE A LARGE VERTICAL DISTANCE BY DIVIDING IT INTO STEPS
Staircase; Flight of stairs; Spiral stairs; Staircases; Ascensorium; Stairwell; Step (footing); Step (foothold); Stair riser; Stair risers; Scale-and-platt; Straight stair; Curved stairs; Intermediate landing; Downstair; Upstair; Helical staircase; Helical Staircase; Well staircase; Split stairwell; Split Stairwell; Winder (step); Circular staircase; Stairway; Alternating tread stairs; Spiral staircase; Stairways; Stair; Double helix staircase; Double spiral staircase; Alternating Tread Stair; Lapeyre Stairs; Winder tread; Stringer (stairs); Turnpike stair; Witches stairs; Stair case
¦ noun a shaft in which a staircase is built.
stairwell         
  • Steps with two anti-slip rubber strips and small nosings
  • helical]] stairway into the appearance of a [[spiral]] (Hamburg, Germany)
  • Cascade of Yerevan]], a giant stairway made of limestone in [[Armenia]]
  • Comparison of spiral (blue), helix (green), and a conical helix (red) derived from both curves
  • right
  • Emergency exit stairs are usually sparsely furnished because of fire code restrictions
  • On a rarely used staircase from before 1754, the Crown Princess of Sweden ascends from the [[Stockholm Palace]] garden with her husband and baby in 2013.
  • upright
  • Industrial helical staircase winding around a central [[newel]]
  • Stairs inside the [[Red Pyramid]] in Egypt, {{circa}}2575–2551 BCE
  • Wooden stairs at the shores of Lake Iso-Melkutin in [[Loppi]], Finland
  • Upwards view of an [[Art Nouveau]] helical staircase with a [[pentagonal]] core
  • Floating staircase
  • The world's longest stairway, at the ''[[Niesenbahn]]'' funicular, in Switzerland, has 11,674 steps
  • massacre]] on the "[[Potemkin Stairs]]" from the 1925 silent film ''[[Battleship Potemkin]]''
  • <!-- Needs caption -->
  • A quite unusual "variable rise" stairway, which also distorts visual perspective (at The Duomo in Urbino, Italy)
  • upright
  • Gothic helical staircase rises clockwise in [[St. Elisabeth Cathedral]] in [[Košice]], Slovakia
CONSTRUCTION DESIGNED TO BRIDGE A LARGE VERTICAL DISTANCE BY DIVIDING IT INTO STEPS
Staircase; Flight of stairs; Spiral stairs; Staircases; Ascensorium; Stairwell; Step (footing); Step (foothold); Stair riser; Stair risers; Scale-and-platt; Straight stair; Curved stairs; Intermediate landing; Downstair; Upstair; Helical staircase; Helical Staircase; Well staircase; Split stairwell; Split Stairwell; Winder (step); Circular staircase; Stairway; Alternating tread stairs; Spiral staircase; Stairways; Stair; Double helix staircase; Double spiral staircase; Alternating Tread Stair; Lapeyre Stairs; Winder tread; Stringer (stairs); Turnpike stair; Witches stairs; Stair case
(stairwells)
The stairwell is the part of a building that contains the staircase.
N-COUNT
Stair         
  • Steps with two anti-slip rubber strips and small nosings
  • helical]] stairway into the appearance of a [[spiral]] (Hamburg, Germany)
  • Cascade of Yerevan]], a giant stairway made of limestone in [[Armenia]]
  • Comparison of spiral (blue), helix (green), and a conical helix (red) derived from both curves
  • right
  • Emergency exit stairs are usually sparsely furnished because of fire code restrictions
  • On a rarely used staircase from before 1754, the Crown Princess of Sweden ascends from the [[Stockholm Palace]] garden with her husband and baby in 2013.
  • upright
  • Industrial helical staircase winding around a central [[newel]]
  • Stairs inside the [[Red Pyramid]] in Egypt, {{circa}}2575–2551 BCE
  • Wooden stairs at the shores of Lake Iso-Melkutin in [[Loppi]], Finland
  • Upwards view of an [[Art Nouveau]] helical staircase with a [[pentagonal]] core
  • Floating staircase
  • The world's longest stairway, at the ''[[Niesenbahn]]'' funicular, in Switzerland, has 11,674 steps
  • massacre]] on the "[[Potemkin Stairs]]" from the 1925 silent film ''[[Battleship Potemkin]]''
  • <!-- Needs caption -->
  • A quite unusual "variable rise" stairway, which also distorts visual perspective (at The Duomo in Urbino, Italy)
  • upright
  • Gothic helical staircase rises clockwise in [[St. Elisabeth Cathedral]] in [[Košice]], Slovakia
CONSTRUCTION DESIGNED TO BRIDGE A LARGE VERTICAL DISTANCE BY DIVIDING IT INTO STEPS
Staircase; Flight of stairs; Spiral stairs; Staircases; Ascensorium; Stairwell; Step (footing); Step (foothold); Stair riser; Stair risers; Scale-and-platt; Straight stair; Curved stairs; Intermediate landing; Downstair; Upstair; Helical staircase; Helical Staircase; Well staircase; Split stairwell; Split Stairwell; Winder (step); Circular staircase; Stairway; Alternating tread stairs; Spiral staircase; Stairways; Stair; Double helix staircase; Double spiral staircase; Alternating Tread Stair; Lapeyre Stairs; Winder tread; Stringer (stairs); Turnpike stair; Witches stairs; Stair case
·noun One step of a series for ascending or descending to a different level;
- commonly applied to those within a building.
II. Stair ·noun A series of steps, as for passing from one story of a house to another;
- commonly used in the plural; but originally used in the singular only.

Wikipedia

Gemonian stairs

The Gemonian Stairs (Latin: Scalae Gemoniae, Italian: Scale Gemonie) were a flight of steps located in the ancient city of Rome. Nicknamed the Stairs of Mourning, the stairs are infamous in Roman history as a place of execution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemonian stairs
Pronunciation examples for a flight of stairs
1. No amount of smiling at a flight of stairs
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2. a flight of stairs and had chronic fatigue so badly.
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3. about where he got kicked down a flight of stairs,
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4. I couldn't walk up a small hill. I couldn't climb a flight of stairs.
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Examples of use of a flight of stairs
1. The force of the blast sent him tumbling down a flight of stairs.
2. He was said to have cuffed the boy around the head before dragging him towards a flight of stairs.
3. You ascend a flight of stairs, ahead of which lies the portrait of the Queen by Rolf Harris.
4. She has produced exterior and interior shots – in the latter she blends in with a bookcase, a desk and a flight of stairs.
5. One near the conference room reads: "Sharpen the Saw." But down a flight of stairs the feeling of being hermetically sealed sets in.
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