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staircase
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun staircase has 1 sense
- staircase(n = noun.artifact) stairway - a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps; Array has particulars: backstairs, companionway, escalator, moving staircase, moving stairway, emergency exit, fire escape, flight, flight of stairs, flight of steps, ghat, stairs, steps, ramp
is a part of building, edifice
has parts: landing, stairhead, stair, step
is a kind of way
CIDE DICTIONARY
staircase, n.
A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. [1913 Webster]
"To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture."
[1913 Webster]
Staircase shell. (Zoöl.) (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap. (b) Any species of Solarium , or perspective shell.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
staircase, n.
1 a flight of stairs and the supporting structure.
2 a part of a building containing a staircase.
1 a flight of stairs and the supporting structure.
2 a part of a building containing a staircase.
ROGET THESAURUS
staircase
Method
N method, way, manner, wise, gait, form, mode, fashion, tone, guise, modus operandi, MO, procedure, path, road, route, course, line of way, line of road, trajectory, orbit, track, beat, tack, steps, stair, staircase, flight of stairs, ladder, stile, perron, bridge, footbridge, viaduct, pontoon, steppingstone, plank, gangway, drawbridge, pass, ford, ferry, tunnel, pipe, door, gateway, channel, passage, avenue, means of access, approach, adit, artery, lane, loan, alley, aisle, lobby, corridor, back-door, back-stairs, secret passage, covert way, vennel, roadway, pathway, stairway, express, thoroughfare, highway, turnpike, freeway, royal road, coach road, broad highway, King's highway, Queen's highway, beaten track, beaten path, horse road, bridle road, bridle track, bridle path, walk, trottoir, footpath, pavement, flags, sidewalk, crossroad, byroad, bypath, byway, cut, short cut carrefour, private road, occupation road, highways and byways, railroad, railway, tram road, tramway, towpath, causeway, canal, street, speedway, adv, how, in what way, in what manner, by what mode, so, in this way, after this fashion, one way or another, anyhow, somehow or other, by way of, via, in transitu, on the high road to, hae tibi erunt artes.
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