crawl spacenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈkrɔːl ˌspeɪs//ˈkrɑːl ˌspeɪs/a space in a part of a house, especially under the bottom floor, that is not high enough for a person to stand in
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Houses & homes
- A-frame
- almshouse
- apartment
- apartment building
- apt
- flophouse
- garden apartment
- garden flat
- gated community
- gatehouse
- public housing
- pueblo
- Quonset hut
- ranch house
- rest home
- villa
- walk-up
- wigwam
- workhouse
- yurt
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Examples from literature
- Some homes without basements have "crawl space" between the first floor and the ground underneath the house.