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VENTILATION SHAFT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ventilation shaft mean?
• VENTILATION SHAFT (noun)
The noun VENTILATION SHAFT has 1 sense:
1. a shaft in a building; serves as an air passage for ventilation
Familiarity information: VENTILATION SHAFT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A shaft in a building; serves as an air passage for ventilation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("ventilation shaft" is a kind of...):
air duct; air passage; airway (a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines))
shaft (a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator))
Holonyms ("ventilation shaft" is a part of...):
ventilating system; ventilation; ventilation system (a mechanical system in a building that provides fresh air)
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