spiral staircase

noun

A staircase in the form of a helix, in any of several forms with or without a central pole (a newel).

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helical staircasespiral stairshelical stairscircular stairsscrew staircasescrew stairscrew stairs
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Meanings

nounspiral staircase (plural spiral staircases)

plural spiral staircases

  1. A staircase in the form of a helix, in any of several forms with or without a central pole (a newel).

    Synonyms: helical staircase, spiral stairs, helical stairs, circular stairs, screw staircase, screw stair, screw stairs

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA staircase in the form of a helix, in any of several forms with or without a central pole (a newel).

Similar
helical staircasespiral stairshelical stairscircular stairsscrew staircasescrew stairscrew stairs
Also see
helical staircase

Translations

Catalan escala de caragol
  • escala de caragoltype of staircase
Chinese Mandarin 螺旋樓梯 /螺旋楼梯
  • 螺旋樓梯 /螺旋楼梯 (luóxuán lóutī)type of staircase
Danish vindeltrappe
  • vindeltrappetype of staircase
Dutch wenteltrap, draaitrap
  • wenteltraptype of staircase
  • draaitraptype of staircase
  • spindeltraptype of staircase
  • windeltraptype of staircase
Finnish kierreportaat
  • kierreportaattype of staircase
French escalier en colimaçon, colimaçon
  • escalier en colimaçontype of staircase
  • colimaçontype of staircase
German Wendeltreppe
  • Wendeltreppetype of staircase
Greek σπειροειδές κλιμακοστάσιο
  • σπειροειδές κλιμακοστάσιο (speiroeidés klimakostásio)type of staircase
Hungarian csigalépcső
  • csigalépcsőtype of staircase
Icelandic hringstigi
  • hringstigitype of staircase
Irish staighre bíse
  • staighre bísetype of staircase
Italian scala a chiocciola
  • scala a chiocciolatype of staircase
Japanese 螺旋階段
  • 螺旋階段 (rasen kaidan)type of staircase
Lithuanian sraigtiniai laiptai
  • sraigtiniai laiptaitype of staircase
Norwegian Bokmål vindeltrapp, spiraltrapp
  • vindeltrapptype of staircase
  • spiraltrapptype of staircase
Polish schody kręcone, schody kręte
  • schody kręconetype of staircase
  • schody krętetype of staircase
Portuguese escada em caracol, escada espiral
  • escada em caracoltype of staircase
  • escada espiraltype of staircase
Russian винтова́я ле́стница
  • винтова́я ле́стница (vintovája léstnica)type of staircase
Spanish escalera de caracol, escalera espiral
  • escalera de caracoltype of staircase
  • escalera espiraltype of staircase
Swedish spiraltrappa
  • spiraltrappatype of staircase
Welsh grisiau tro, grisiau troellog
  • grisiau trotype of staircase
  • grisiau troellogtype of staircase
  • grisiau bwgantype of staircase
Cite this entry
APA

spiral staircase. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiral%20staircase

MLA

“spiral staircase.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiral%20staircase. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spiral staircase,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiral%20staircase.

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