A vertical shaft in a building through which a lift moves to different levels.
 he died after falling down a lift shaft
 Example sentencesExamples
-  The bottom of the partially built lift shaft on a building site at Clacton was lined with rubble.
 -  There will also be six new lift shafts.
 -  I dropped my mobile down the lift shaft.
 -  There are trailing cables, open lift shafts, all kinds of really serious hazards.
 -  On the first floor three two-bedroom units will be built around a central stairwell and lift shaft.