Collocations withstaircase
These are words often used in combination withstaircase.
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broad staircase
It is reached up a broad staircase in the semi-circular projection of the front verandah.
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central staircase
This is the large, long substructure of the final form, with rounded corners and two tiers and a nine-step central staircase.
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circular staircase
So we assume the weight is transferred from step to step but also together with a diagonal thrust (it was a circular staircase).
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concrete staircase
The concrete staircase has a continuous curved soffit, which is formed from thin strips of plywood.
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curved staircase
A 180 degree curved staircase rises from the right to the left on the second level.
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double staircase
Discrimination thresholds were measured using a four-alternative forced-choice method and a double staircase procedure.
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exterior staircase
He provided the villa with its grand exterior staircase to the "piano nobile" and planted the surrounding parkland with specimen trees, now at full maturity.
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grand staircase
It is reached by a rather circuitous processional route, incorporating a grand staircase.
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interior staircase
An interior staircase, which employees used as a shelter, collapsed causing four injuries.
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iron staircase
An iron staircase leads to this platform.
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marble staircase
I walked up the marble staircase and the front doors were thrown open by flunkeys.
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narrow staircase
The cause of refusal might be a narrow staircase.
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oak staircase
It opens into a central hallway with a natural-finish oak staircase rising two flights to the second story.
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spiral staircase
Meanwhile, the 'chimney' - actually a periscope - is displaced, constructed in the spiral staircase uniting interior and roof terrace.
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steep staircase
There was a steep staircase by which people were leaving the ground.
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wide staircase
Typical for the period, an open, wide staircase with two commodious landings connects the main to the upper floor.
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winding staircase
The wretched man accomplished the route down the difficult, steep and winding staircase to the cellar.
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wooden staircase
It has a wood floor and is reached by a wooden staircase.
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