liftshaft

See also: lift shaft

English

Alternative forms

lift shaft

Etymology

Old English sceaft, from Germanic *skaftaz.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑːft

Noun

liftshaft (plural liftshafts)

(Britain) The vertical shaft in a building used to permit the movement of a lift (elevator) from floor to floor.

Synonyms

elevator shaft

Translations

shaft for a lift

Finnish: hissikuilu (fi)
Hungarian: liftakna (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: heissjakt m or f

Nynorsk: heisesjakt f, heissjakt f

See also

shaft
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