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airshaft.

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.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. 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.

  2. A passage supplying ventilation into a mine tunnel or other underground facility.

  3. A device used for handling winding reels in the processing of web-fed materials, such as in continuous-process printing presses.

Where this word comes from

From air + shaft.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.