Noun

(en noun)

A flight of stairs; a stairway.

A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.

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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase , she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

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

Noun

(en noun)

(architecture) The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element.

* 1983 , Monte Burch, Building Small Barns, Sheds & Shelters? , page 110

If the soffit' is to be sloping, simply attach the ' soffit board(s) to the underside of the rafters, butting the edges tight against the fascia board in front and the barn siding in the back.

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(pipe technology) The top point of the inside open section of a pipe or box conduit.

The elevation of the pipe soffit is 10.4 meters above mean sea level.