"crawl space" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crawl spaces [plural], crawlspace [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crawl space (plural crawl spaces)
  1. (construction, architecture) A level, narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey used to give access to pipes, cables and other utilities.
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  2. (construction, architecture) A level, narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey used to give access to pipes, cables and other utilities.
    A severely height-limited basement or semi-basement of a building, of less than half a storey high.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey): kruipruimte [feminine] (Dutch), ryömintätila (Finnish), vide sanitaire [masculine] (French), Kriechkeller (english: under building) [masculine] (German), Kriechzwischenraum (english: between storeys) [masculine] (German), pomieszczenie pod budynkiem [neuter] (Polish), sótano/semisótano de gateo/gateado/gateamiento [masculine] (Spanish), krypgrund [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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