Meaning & use
Airshaft
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A vertical or sloped passage built to allow air to circulate into or out of an enclosed space, such as a mine, tunnel, or building interior.
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Workers descended through the airshaft to check the ventilation system in the old mine.
The apartment's only window faced a narrow airshaft between two buildings.
A note on using this word
Common in older tenement buildings and underground mines, where an airshaft was often the only source of fresh air and light for interior rooms.
Words with a similar meaning
ventilation shaftair duct
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