There was a warren of big cabins instead, many levels opening onto walkways around a common airshaft.
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Airshaft
Synonyms for "airshaft" (5 found)
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Related words (2)
Noun(2 words)
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2 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
8 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 7 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- عَمُود التَّهْوِيَة noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
Catalan
2 entries- celobert noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- xemeneia d’aire noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
German
4 entries- Abzugschacht noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- Abzugsschacht noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- Lüftungschacht noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- Lüftungsschacht noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
Hungarian
3 entries- lichthóf noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- légudvar noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- szellőzőakna noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
Italian
3 entries- condotto dell'aria noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- pozzo di ventilazione noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- presa d'aria noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
Russian
1 entries- вентиляцио́нная ша́хта noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
Spanish
3 entries- conducto de ventilación noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- foso de ventilación noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
- pozo de ventilación noun (an opening facilitating air circulation)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Howard turned left and walked to the end of the building. Here was a narrow alleyway, which gave on the airshaft at the rear of the building.
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