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drop-shaft

drop-shaft is the alternative form of dropshaft.

Meaning of dropshaft

Noun

dropshaft (plural dropshafts)

  1. A vertical shaft which objects can drop through.
    • Melas said that district engineers had located Deep Tunnel dropshafts that were near a portion of the freight tunnels and that they would drill, cut or blast through to the flooded areas "as soon as possible."1992 April 3, Gary Washburn, “Great Chicago Loop Flood cripples businesses”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 01 Jan 2023

Forms of drop-shaft

pluraldrop-shafts

Questions about drop-shaft

What is drop-shaft the alternative form of?
Drop-shaft is the alternative form of dropshaft.

Words near drop-shaft in the dictionary

  1. drop-ripe
  2. drop-scene
  3. drop-scenes
  4. drop-set
  5. drop-sets
  6. drop-shaft
  7. drop-shafts
  8. drop-ship
  9. drop-shipping
  10. drop-spine
  11. drop-tongue

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