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ELEVATOR SHAFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elevator shaft mean? 

ELEVATOR SHAFT (noun)
  The noun ELEVATOR SHAFT has 1 sense:

1. a vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor

  Familiarity information: ELEVATOR SHAFT used as a noun is very rare.


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ELEVATOR SHAFT (noun)


Sense 1elevator shaft [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("elevator shaft" is a kind of...):

shaft (a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator))


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