liftshaft

See also: lift shaft

English

Alternative forms

lift shaft

Etymology

From lift (“vertical transport, elevator”) + shaft, from Old English sceaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɑːft

Noun

liftshaft (plural liftshafts)

(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.

Synonyms

elevator shaft

Translations

shaft for a lift

Finnish: hissikuilu (fi)
French: puits d’ascenseur m
Hungarian: liftakna (hu)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: heissjakt m or f

Nynorsk: heisesjakt f, heissjakt f
Spanish: pozo (es) m
Swedish: hisschakt n
Turkish: asansör boşluğu (tr)

See also

shaft
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