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HOISTWAY

Definition: HOISTWAY

HOISTWAY

Noun

1. An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a wareroom.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

 

Crosswords: HOISTWAY

Specialty definitions using "HOISTWAY": ELEVATOR EXAMINER-AND-ADJUSTER, elevator inspector. (references)

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Modern Translation: HOISTWAY

Language Translations for "HOISTWAY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

muret elevatorskakt (walled hoistway, walled shaft), grube (berth, cavity, dredged berth, hoistway pit, hollow, pit, pits, pitting corrosion). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schachtput (hoistway pit, pit), gemetselde schacht (walled hoistway, walled shaft). (various references)

   

French

  

gaine maçonnée (walled hoistway), fond de la gaine (hoistway pit), cuvette (hoistway pit, hollow). (various references)

   

German

  

Schachtgrube (hoistway pit, pit), gemauerter Fahrschacht (walled hoistway, walled shaft). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κτιστό πηγάδι (walled hoistway, walled shaft), κτιστό φρεάτιο (walled hoistway, walled shaft), πυθμένας πηγαδιού (hoistway pit, pit), πυθμένας φρεατίου (hoistway pit, pit). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vano in muratura (walled hoistway, walled shaft), pozzo in muratura (walled hoistway, walled shaft), fossa (ditch, Fosse, grave, hole, moat, pit, scoop, trench). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oistwayhay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

poco (hoistway pit, pit), caixa de elevador de fábrica (walled hoistway, walled shaft). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hueco del ascensor de ladrillo (walled hoistway, walled shaft), hueco del ascensor de fábrica (walled hoistway, walled shaft), foso (ditch, moat, pit, socket, trench), cubeta (bulb, grab, keg, tray), caja del ascensor de ladrillo (walled hoistway, walled shaft), caja del ascensor de fábrica (walled hoistway, walled shaft). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: HOISTWAY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-i-o-s-t-w-y"

-2 letters: toyish.

-3 letters: hasty, hoist, hosta, hoyas, iotas, oaths, ohias, ostia, saith, shoat, showy, stoai, swath, swith, thaws, waist, waits, washy, whats, whist, whits, whity, wisha, withy.

-4 letters: ahoy, aits, ashy, hast, hats, haws, hays, hist, hits, host, hots, hows, hoya, hoys, iota, oast, oath, oats, ohia, sati, shaw, shay, shot, show, sith, soth.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-i-o-s-t-w-y"
 

+4 letters: praiseworthy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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