stepwell.

A well or water reservoir whose water is reached by flights of steps descending below ground level.

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Words that belong together

• an old stepwell
• the steps of a stepwell

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The old stepwell held cool shade below the village square.

They descended the stepwell until the last accessible stair met the water.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular stepwell; plural stepwells. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.