circular staircase

collocation in English

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circular
adjective
uk
/ˈsɜː.kjə.lər/us
/ˈsɝː.kjə.lɚ/
shaped like ...
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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 ofcircularandstaircasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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So we assume the weight is transferred from step to step but also together with a diagonal thrust (it was acircularstaircase).
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The second floor was reached by acircularstaircaseleading to a 20 by 20 foot room used as a school.
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There are 102 cast iron steps in thecircularstaircaseleading to the watch room.
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The surviving interior sections can still be accessed via thecircularstaircasebuilt into the east wall of the tower.
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Acircularstaircaseof 23 steps leads to the upper chamber, which has four embrasures in its walls.
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There is acircularstaircasewhich is cantilevered from the wall of the tower.
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The main lobby featured a grandcircularstaircasethat led passengers downstairs to track level and the trains.
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Acircularstaircasecovered with iron and lined with wood provides access to the watchtower.
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By the cylindrical towers in the west, acircularstaircaseprovides access to successive floors.
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The medallion is on the ceiling at the top of thecircularstaircasein the hotels central tower.
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It is accessed by acircularstaircasewith rails on balusters.
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They enter the last phase by acircularstaircase.
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Thecircularstaircasemade two complete revolutions lacking both nails and a center support.
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To the south of the tower is a 19th-centurycircularstaircase.
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The architect had left the well for thecircularstaircase, but had postponed building it because he was not sure how best to do it.
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It was partly ruinous but thecircularstaircasecould still be negotiated.
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Inside is a cantileveredcircularstaircasewith 154 cast iron steps.
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A rectangular staircase leads to an observatory platform from which a smallcircularstaircasewinds up to the playing cabin.
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To the extreme of the wall is circular construction, with semi-spherical copula, protecting the entrance to acircularstaircaseproviding access to the exterior.
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Research suggests that the column was originally planned to be read while walking acircularstaircasearound the column itself.
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