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escalator barrel

escalator barrel noun: a sharply inclined shaft or tunnel in which escalators are installed underground, particularly at underground railway stations.

escalator barrel: a sharply inclined shaft or tunnel in which escalators are installed underground, particularly at...
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Noun

escalator barrel (plural escalator barrels)

  1. A sharply inclined shaft or tunnel in which escalators are installed underground, particularly at underground railway stations.
    • The escalator barrel up to the concourse is also approaching completion, missing only a few panels and the digital screens that will display ads to those ascending and descending the three escalators.2019 October, Dan Harvey, “Crossrail Update: Whitechapel barrels on”, in Modern Railways, page 92

Forms of escalator barrel

pluralescalator barrels

Questions about escalator barrel

What does escalator barrel mean?
Escalator barrel means a sharply inclined shaft or tunnel in which escalators are installed underground, particularly at underground railway stations.
What part of speech is escalator barrel?
Escalator barrel is a noun.
What is the plural of escalator barrel?
The plural of escalator barrel is escalator barrels.

Words near escalator barrel in the dictionary

  1. escalation
  2. escalation plan
  3. escalation plans
  4. escalations
  5. escalator
  6. escalator barrel
  7. escalator barrels
  8. escalator clause
  9. escalator clauses
  10. escalator school
  11. escalator schools

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