"airshaft" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: airshafts [plural]
Etymology: From air + shaft. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|shaft}} air + shaft Head templates: {{en-noun}} airshaft (plural airshafts)
  1. (architecture) 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. Categories (topical): Architecture Synonyms: air well, ventilation shaft, vent shaft, lightwell Translations (an opening facilitating air circulation): عَمُود التَّهْوِيَة (ʕamūd at-tahwiya) [masculine] (Arabic), celobert [masculine] (Catalan), xemeneia d’aire [feminine] (Catalan), Lüftungsschacht [masculine] (German), Lüftungschacht [masculine] (German), Abzugsschacht [masculine] (German), Abzugschacht [masculine] (German), szellőzőakna (Hungarian), légudvar (Hungarian), lichthóf (Hungarian), presa d'aria [feminine] (Italian), condotto dell'aria [masculine] (Italian), pozzo di ventilazione [masculine] (Italian), вентиляцио́нная ша́хта (ventiljaciónnaja šáxta) [feminine] (Russian), conducto de ventilación [masculine] (Spanish), foso de ventilación [masculine] (Spanish), pozo de ventilación [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-airshaft-en-noun-uos3726i Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 15 46 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'an opening facilitating air circulation': 64 14 22
  2. (mining) A passage supplying ventilation into a mine tunnel or other underground facility. Categories (topical): Mining
    Sense id: en-airshaft-en-noun-6Jtov1nB Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 15 46 Topics: business, mining
  3. (manufacturing) A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses. Categories (topical): Manufacturing
    Sense id: en-airshaft-en-noun-k5ZO091b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 24 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 38 15 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 23 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 18 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 23 15 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 15 60 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 15 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 19 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 23 15 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 15 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 14 67 Topics: business, manufacturing
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: air shaft, air-shaft

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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