lift shaft meaning

• Noun: lift shaft
  Usage: Brit (=elevator shaft)
  
  1. A vertical shaft in a building to permit the passage of an elevator from floor to floor
     - elevator shaft [N. Amer]

  Type of: shaft

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  [Architecture]
  

  Same as elevator hoistway.

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• shaft:    Noun: shaft & ...
• lift:    Verb: lift &n ...
• window lift, sash lift:    [Architecture]A ha ...

Examples

1. on one side, in the centre of the structure, are erected the lift shafts.
2. industrial safety in relation to lift shafts
3. thanks for finding the lost 500 banknote from the lift shaft
4. in doing so, it prevents the smoke cause by fire channels to the lift shaft when any fire breaks out
5. lifts; vertical sliding doors for small freight carrying lifts for lift shafts with walls of the fire-resistant class f 90