spiral staircase

collocation in English

meaningsofspiralandstaircase

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spiral
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈspaɪə.rəl/us
/ˈspaɪr.əl/
shaped in a series of curves, each one above or wider than the ...
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staircase
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsteə.keɪs/us
/ˈster.keɪs/
a set of stairs inside a building, usually with a bar fixed on the wall or onto vertical poles at the side for you to hold ...
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(Definition ofspiralandstaircasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Meanwhile, the 'chimney' - actually a periscope - is displaced, constructed in thespiralstaircaseuniting interior and roof terrace.
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The main building, which dates back to 1861, has a highly dangerousspiralstaircase, on which several by-elections have almost been caused.
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The tower is six-stories high, with aspiralstaircaseof 119 steps.
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They had reached the roof via thespiralstaircasein one of the pillars.
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Each of the towers has aspiralstaircaseserving the upper floors.
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Today, there is a metalspiralstaircasethat allows tourists to descend into the excavated interior of the structure, where cultural events are even performed.
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The enlargement included a new front, and a dome at the centre of the house over aspiralstaircase.
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Visitors entered the attraction via a tinyspiralstaircasebuilt into a fake hollow tree.
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The open cantileveredspiralstaircaseis balustraded with simple turnings contrasting with an intricate foliate carving on the step area of the stringer.
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The interior diameter of the tower is and contains a cast iron,spiralstaircasewith 69 steps.
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It contains aspiralstaircaseand was originally four storeys high but is now reduced internally to two.
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Of the medieval castle only the cellars and parts of thespiralstaircaseof the keep have survived.
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The two upper levels of the three-storey building are designed to accommodate administrative services and are connected to the banking hall by aspiralstaircase.
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A brick builtspiralstaircaseis incorporated in the inside of the well.
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It was originally not designed to hold bells, but aspiralstaircasewas added later to provide access to bells.
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Access to the bell tower is byspiralstaircaseand the staircase and bells are in good order.
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When the undertakers came to remove her body for burial, they had great trouble in manoeuvring her coffin down the narrowspiralstaircase.
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