air shaft

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noun

air well.

Mining. a ventilating shaft.

Origin of air shaft

First recorded in 1685–95

Words nearby air shaft

air scoop, Air Scout, airscrew, air-sea rescue, air service, air shaft, airshed, airship, air shot, airshow, air shower

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Example sentences from the Web for air shaft

Mr Trotman went down the air-shaft communicating with the other boilers.
Man on the Ocean|R.M. Ballantyne
Then there was a man across the air-shaft who practised on the clarinet, and a professional singer up-stairs.
Dwellers in Arcady|Albert Bigelow Paine
Inside the big cylinder was a second smaller one, like an air-shaft, five feet in diameter.
The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers|Francis Rolt-Wheeler
From the granitoid square at the base of the air-shaft came the rattle of after-dinner dishes and the babble of dialect.
Just Around the Corner|Fannie Hurst

You remember that I told you there was an air-shaft in the middle of the caisson?
The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for air shaft

air shaft

noun

a shaft for ventilation, esp in a mine or tunnel

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单词	air shaft
释义	air shaft SEE SYNONYMS FOR air shaft ON THESAURUS.COM noun air well. Mining. a ventilating shaft. Origin of air shaft First recorded in 1685–95 Words nearby air shaft air scoop, Air Scout, airscrew, air-sea rescue, air service, air shaft, airshed, airship, air shot, airshow, air shower Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for air shaft Mr Trotman went down the air-shaft communicating with the other boilers. Man on the Ocean\|R.M. Ballantyne Then there was a man across the air-shaft who practised on the clarinet, and a professional singer up-stairs. Dwellers in Arcady\|Albert Bigelow Paine Inside the big cylinder was a second smaller one, like an air-shaft, five feet in diameter. The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers\|Francis Rolt-Wheeler From the granitoid square at the base of the air-shaft came the rattle of after-dinner dishes and the babble of dialect. Just Around the Corner\|Fannie Hurst You remember that I told you there was an air-shaft in the middle of the caisson? The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers\|Francis Rolt-Wheeler British Dictionary definitions for air shaft air shaft noun a shaft for ventilation, esp in a mine or tunnel Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to air shaft air duct, air hole, air well
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air shaft

noun

Origin of air shaft

Words nearby air shaft

Example sentences from the Web for air shaft

British Dictionary definitions for air shaft

noun

Words related to air shaft