"elevator shaft" meaning in All languages combined

See elevator shaft on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: elevator shafts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} elevator shaft (plural elevator shafts)
  1. (Canada, US) Synonym of liftshaft Tags: Canada, US Synonyms: liftshaft [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-elevator_shaft-en-noun-8ZisZnxZ Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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