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Air shaft

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Air´ shaft`
1.A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel.
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Noun1.air shaft - a shaft for ventilation
air well
shaft - a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel


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