shaft

noun [C] (PASSAGE)

/ʃæft/

Definition

› a long vertical or sloping passage through a building or through the ground: a mine shaft an elevator shaft The window looks out on an air shaft.

(Definition of shaft noun (PASSAGE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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