STAIRCASE

stairway, staircase

(noun) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

staircase (plural staircases)

A flight of stairs; a stairway.

A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.

A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.

Verb

staircase (third-person singular simple present staircases, present participle staircasing, simple past and past participle staircased)

(transitive) To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) so as to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps.

Anagrams

• Caesarist

Source: Wiktionary

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Stair"case`, n.

Definition: A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. Sir H. Wotton. Staircase shell. (Zoöl.) (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap. (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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