crawl space
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5.7
- noun
- /krɔl speɪs/
- Specialized
:
espacio de acceso
- Before starting the renovation, we had to clear out the clutter in the crawl space under the house.
- homes with crawl space
- isolate the crawl space
There was a little crawl space down below.
- There was a little crawl space down below.
- I'm dealing with some mold in my crawl space right now at my house.
- I would check Potsy's crawl space now.
- I've actually, I've used it to source some problems in tiny crawl spaces in my house and very useful.
Examples
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I need you to dig a trench in my crawl space to lay some pipes.
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Is there a crawl space in the ceiling or the roof?
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There was a little crawl space down below.
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In less than an hour, this crawl space will be under water.
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I want you to check all the crawl spaces, if they got any, for outside access.
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Went down to the basement into the crawl space underneath the house.
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I'm dealing with some mold in my crawl space right now at my house.
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I opened the door beneath the screened-in porch and went in on my knees through the crawl space.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the crawl space, Mason rolls past the steam relief valve and disappears.
Fiction book (1996) -
Residences already constructed on concrete slabs or crawl spaces are difficult to retrofit for a separate graywater system.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
8
6.6
A narrow unfinished space under a building floor used to reach pipes, wires, or vents
1
7.9
A narrow passage just large enough for a person to crawl through
1
8.4
A room under a building used to store food or drink
A space under the floor used for pipes, wires, or storage
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Morphology
The meaning 'a low area where one must crawl' is directly and literally derivable from combining 'crawl' (move on hands/knees) with 'space' (an area). This noun-compound is a transparent, compositional construction common across languages and would be obvious to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Crawl space gets its name from a very low area under a house where you must crawl to get into the space. That's why the term means a 'narrow, unfinished space under the floor' used to reach pipes and wires.