ELEVATOR SHAFT collocation | meaning and examples of use (original) (raw)
collocation in English
meanings of elevator and shaft
elevator
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/ˈel.ɪ.veɪ.tər/us
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/ˈel.ə.veɪ.t̬ɚ/
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a device like a box that moves up and down, carrying people or goods from one floor of a building to another or taking people up and down underground in ...
shaft
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/ʃɑːft/us
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/ʃæft/
a pole or rod that forms the handle of a tool ...
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The platform is split in half by an elevator shaft.
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They jump down the elevator shaft before escaping.
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He threw the man's clothes down an elevator shaft.
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She subsequently falls through a bucket and seemingly down an elevator shaft.
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Her body was found the next morning at the bottom of an elevator shaft.
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Later that summer, he fell down the elevator shaft while inspecting the construction of his house.
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The south elevation, also glass, is punctuated by a protruding brick-faced elevator shaft.
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A nearby elevator shaft is also decorated with the company logo.
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The other engine and part of the landing gear plummeted down an elevator shaft.
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He died in 1890 after accidentally falling down an elevator shaft while greeting a friend.
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An elevator shaft and five floors were flooded when a mechanical water line ruptured.
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However, as the rubble continues to crush the elevator shaft, the three are trapped.
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The fire-resistant elevator doors were also removed to allow light into the elevator shaft for the welders.
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Some types of residential elevators do not use a traditional elevator shaft, machine room, and elevator hoistway.
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The roof of the stairway and sides of the elevator shaft were designed to have the appearance of a crystal.
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A small storage room located on each stairway landing between the gap between the elevator shaft and the outer wall.
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After a celebratory groundbreaking in 1930, a three-story foundation was poured and a 135ft m elevator shaft was dug.
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Behind the secret door is an elevator shaft which can only be accessed by two marines opening two locks simultaneously.
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An elevator shaft was added to the east side of the building in the 1978-1979 renovation.
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Valentin falls down the elevator shaft and is impaled on the spikes below and crushed by a falling elevator.
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In 1963, he fell down an elevator shaft causing another injury which put him out of work permanently.
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It contains a maze of rooms and corridors including a mess room, elevator shaft and gunpowder magazines.
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In other words, no system protections were in place to prevent a solution leak from entering the bottom of an elevator shaft in the plant.
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This complements a smaller 40-metre reflective stainless-steel disc overlapping the titanium ellipse and visually floats over a glass elevator shaft and the main entrance.
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