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| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A pit constructed in a drainage system, e. g. at the head of a culvert, to intercept waterborne solids-e. g. stones, silt, vegetable debris-and so prevent blockage. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A monkey shaft down which earth and other matter are lowered by means of a drop (that is, a kind of pulley with brake attached); the empty bucket isbrought up as the full one is lowered. See also:cofferdam. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: DROP SHAFT |
| Specialty definitions using "DROP SHAFT": pneumatic shaft sinking. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "DROP SHAFT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | stenfælde (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit), sandfang (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, riffler, sandtable, sump, sump pit). (various references) | |
Dutch | opvangbak (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit), afvalbekken (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references) | |
French | puisard. (various references) | |
German | Schlammfang (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit), Schlammeimer (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit), Pumpensumpf (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, pump hole, pump pit, pump sump, pump well, sump, sump pit, well), Abfallschacht (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references) | |
Greek | λασποπαγίδα (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references) | |
Italian | pozzetto (catch basin, catchpit, cockpit, grit trap, inlet sump, lifting hole, manhole, mud trap, slot, sump, sump pit, well). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | opdray aftshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fossa de retenção para sólidos (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references) | |
Spanish | colector de fango (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references) | |
Swedish | grusficka (catch basin, catchpit, grit trap, inlet sump, mud trap, sump, sump pit). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"DROP SHAFT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dropshaft. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-h-o-p-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: hardtops, potshard. | |
-2 letters: dashpot, hardtop. | |
-3 letters: adopts, drafts, froths, hoards, pastor, pathos, pharos, potash, shofar, thorps, torahs. | |
-4 letters: adopt, apods, aport, darts, datos, doats, dopas, dorps, dorsa, draft, drats, drops, dropt, fados, fards, faros, fatso, fords, forth, forts, fraps, frats, frosh, frost, froth, hadst, hafts, hards, harps, harts, hoard, hoars, horas, horst, hosta, oaths. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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