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airshafts

airshafts is the plural of airshaft.

Meaning of airshaft

Noun

airshaft (plural airshafts)

  1. A vertical (or near vertical) opening (shaft) running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.
    • There was a warren of big cabins instead, many levels opening onto walkways around a common airshaft.1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter III, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 18
    Synonyms:
    air well, ventilation shaft, vent shaft, lightwell
  2. A passage supplying ventilation into a mine tunnel or other underground facility.
  3. A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses.

Questions about airshafts

What is airshafts the plural of?
Airshafts is the plural of airshaft.

Words near airshafts in the dictionary

  1. airscoop
  2. airscoops
  3. airscrew
  4. airscrews
  5. airshaft
  6. airshafts
  7. airshed
  8. airsheds
  9. airshift
  10. airshifts
  11. airship

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