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(architecture) 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..
There was a warren of big cabins instead, many levels opening onto walkways around a common airshaft.
Howard turned left and walked to the end of the building. Here was a narrow alleyway, which gave on the airshaft at the rear of the building.
Use air shaft when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Air shaft means (architecture) 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..
Common synonyms include air well, ventilation shaft, vent shaft, lightwell.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
There was a warren of big cabins instead, many levels opening onto walkways around a common airshaft.
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