"liftshaft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: liftshafts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːft Etymology: From lift (“vertical transport, elevator”) + shaft, from Old English sceaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lift||vertical transport, elevator}} lift (“vertical transport, elevator”), {{m|en|shaft}} shaft, {{inh|en|ang|sceaft}} Old English sceaft, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skaftaz}} Proto-Germanic *skaftaz Head templates: {{en-noun}} liftshaft (plural liftshafts)
  1. (UK) The vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor. Tags: UK Synonyms: elevator shaft, lift shaft Related terms: shaft Translations (shaft for a lift): hissikuilu (Finnish), puits d’ascenseur [masculine] (French), liftakna (Hungarian), heissjakt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), heisesjakt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), heissjakt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), pozo [masculine] (Spanish), hisschakt [neuter] (Swedish), asansör boşluğu (Turkish)

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