English Explanatory Dictionary

liftshaft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The vertical shaft in a building which contains a lift (elevator) platform or cab, and through which it is moved from floor to floor.

Word forms

liftshaft liftshafts lift shaft

Etymology

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

Synonyms

elevator shaft

Related words

shaft
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