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PRONUNCIATION OF ESCAPE SHAFT

escape shaft play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ESCAPE SHAFT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Escape shaft is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ESCAPE SHAFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of escape shaft in the English dictionary

The definition of escape shaft in the dictionary is a shaft in a mine through which miners can escape if the regular shaft is blocked.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ESCAPE SHAFT

escape artist
escape chute
escape clause
escape cock
escape device
escape hatch
escape key
escape mechanism
escape pipe
escape plan
escape road
escape route
escape routine
escape valve
escape velocity
escape wheel
escaped
escapee
escapeless
escapement

WORDS THAT END LIKE ESCAPE SHAFT

air shaft
balance shaft
camshaft
countershaft
crankshaft
drive shaft
elevator shaft
gesellschaft
get the shaft
idler shaft
jackshaft
layshaft
lift shaft
mineshaft
overhead camshaft
propeller shaft
rockshaft
shaft
transmission shaft
turboshaft
ventilation shaft

Synonyms and antonyms of escape shaft in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «escape shaft» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ESCAPE SHAFT

Find out the translation of escape shaft to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of escape shaft from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «escape shaft» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

逃生轴
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escapar del eje
570 millions of speakers

English

escape shaft
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शाफ्ट भागने
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الهروب رمح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

избежать вал
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escapar do eixo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এস্কেপ শাফট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

échapper arbre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melarikan diri aci
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Welle entkommen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シャフトを逃れる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

샤프트를 탈출
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyilikake batang
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thoát khỏi trục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தப்பிக்கும் தண்டு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पलायन पलायन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kaçış şaftı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sfuggire l´albero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uciec wał
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

уникнути вал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scăpa ax
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεφύγουν άξονα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontsnap skag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fly axeln
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unnslippe aksel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of escape shaft

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCAPE SHAFT»

The term «escape shaft» is barely ever used and occupies the 195.311 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCAPE SHAFT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about escape shaft

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESCAPE SHAFT»

Discover the use of escape shaft in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to escape shaft and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Acts, Resolutions and Memorials Passed at the Regular ...
If a shaft be used for an escape shaft and air shaft, that part of the shaft used as an escape way shall be divided and partitioned closely with good and substantial material from the part used as an air shaft, all of which shall be kept in safe ...
Iowa, 1911
2
The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III: The Full Story of How ...
The team had left four days in which to build the final staging post and the vertical escape shaft. Remarkably, they built the staging post ten feet long in a single day, leaving them three days to finish the twenty-five-foot vertical shaft.
Tim Carroll, 2010
3
Acts and Resolutions Passed at the Regular Session of the ...
He shall provide all air shafts with fans for ventilating purposes, and no combustible material shall be allowed to be or remain between any escape shaft and hoisting shaft nor shall any building hereafter erected be located within two- hundred ...
Iowa, 1913
4
Managing procedures
Escape Shaft - continuing to sink shaft (2 No. rings today - 8 No. now in total) mobile crane (telescopic), mini-excavator. Delays: Obstruction encountered with piling to Vent Shaft - delay approx. 2 hours - suspected buried concrete. Excavation ...
Bronwyn Mitchell, Barry Trebes, 2005
5
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
Escape facilities approved by the Secretary or his authorized representative, properly maintained and frequently tested, shall be present at or in each escape shaft or slope to allow all persons, including disabled persons, to escape quickly to ...
Office of the Federal Register (U S ), 1980
6
The Great Escape: A Canadian Story
Birkland, Clark, and Harsh had spotted the ferrets hid- ing behind it spying on kriegies during the push to complete tunnel “Tom” the previous summer. Bull concluded if they attached a signal rope from the top ofthe escape shaft ladder, ...
Ted Barris, 2013
7
Crossrail Bill: first special report, session 2006-07, Vol. ...
(Mr Berryman) This is an escape shaft to provide escape stairs from platform level of the Underground station to be used only in a case of emergency. 4118. Can you then explain why it is, as Mr Goodman quite rightly said, that this part of the ...
Great Britain: Parliament: Select Committee on the Crossrail Bill, 2007
8
Code of Federal Regulations: LSA, list of CFR sections affected
... a directional lifeline that must be: (1) Installed from the working sections or areas where mechanized mining equipment is being installed or removed continuous to the surface escape drift opening or continuous to the escape shaft or slope ...
9
Improving Self-Escape from Underground Coal Mines
(b) (1) Escapeways shall be provided from each working section, and each area where mechanized mining equipment is being installed or removed, continuous to the surface escape drift opening or continuous to the escape shaft or slope ...
Board on Human-Systems Integration, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council, 2013
10
Building Response to Tunnelling: Case Studies from ...
Northern Line, West emergency escape shaft to London Bridge Street \ South escalator shaft to Borough High Street ticket hall ( West escalator shaft * to Borough High Street ticket hall Central escalator shaft to extended main ticket hall ...
J. B. Burland, J. R. Standing, F. M. Jardine, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESCAPE SHAFT»

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Vietnam's trapped tunnel workers recall harrowing ordeal
After being shuttled to freedom through a narrow escape shaft on Friday, Vietnam's trapped tunnel workers recall how they survived four days of ... «Thanh Nien Daily, Dec 14»
2
Pike River mine re-entry risk 'minimal'
One of the criticisms of the Royal Commission of Inquiry was that Pike River mine's vertical escape shaft required miners to climb a ladder over ... «Stuff.co.nz, Aug 14»
3
Type 634 Bunker in 1/76...
Also to fit on one side is the exit point for the emergency escape shaft, a feature that was included in many of the large types of bunker. «Military Modelling, Jul 14»
4
Chile's 33 miners still haunted by their past
... second exit tunnel, as obliged to by law, and that a chimney which could have been used as an escape shaft for the men had no ladder in it. «BBC News, Jan 14»
5
Chilean miners rescue: all 33 men out
The crowd in Camp Hope, down the hill from the escape shaft, tossed confetti, released balloons and sprayed champagne as Urzúa's capsule ... «The Guardian, Aug 13»
6
Weird World: Volcano proof bunkers, cyclone safe arks and …
The private 640 square ft 'life-assurance shelters' feature an escape shaft, two bedrooms with eight beds as well as back-up air ventilation ... «Mancunian Matters, Dec 12»
7
Bunker down in style: luxury shelter sales boom
The private 640 square foot "life-assurance shelters" feature an escape shaft, two bedrooms with eight beds, exercise equipment, bathroom, ... «Herald Sun, Dec 12»
8
Pike River chief defends escape shaft
GIVING EVIDENCE: Pike River Coal chief executive Peter Whittall gives evidence at a royal commission of inquiry into the Pike River mine ... «The Press, Sep 11»
9
Mapledurham: the Catholic country house that's still yielding up its …
The hole is hidden underneath a sliding hearth, and it might better be described as an elaborate escape shaft. "Family legend had it that there ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 11»
10
First books out on 2010's mine rescue in Chile
When drillers finally opened the escape shaft, Franklin writes, cooler air caused the rock walls to contract, destabilizing the entire mine. «Online Athens, Apr 11»

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