airshaft
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Is airshaft a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (architecture) A vertical (or near vertical) opening (shaft) running from a courtyard to the sky, thus allowing air to circulate to high-rise apartments or offices.Examples: "There was a warren of big cabins instead, many levels opening onto walkways around a common airshaft."; "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."Synonyms: air well, ventilation shaft, vent shaft, lightwell
2. (mining) A passage supplying ventilation into a mine tunnel or other underground facility.
3. (manufacturing) A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses.
Definition source: Wiktionary