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dropshafts

dropshafts is the plural 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

Questions about dropshafts

What is dropshafts the plural of?
Dropshafts is the plural of dropshaft.

Words near dropshafts in the dictionary

  1. dropsets
  2. dropsetted
  3. dropsetting
  4. dropsful
  5. dropshaft
  6. dropshafts
  7. dropship
  8. dropshipped
  9. dropshipper
  10. dropshippers
  11. dropshipping

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