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Meaning of fallway | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. A well or opening, through the successive floors of a factory or warehouse or the decks of a ship, providing access for goods, material, or people.
    US
  2. A hydraulic canal, as for a water-powered mill.

Examples

“In existing buildings where no flue is available either large enough to provide a fallway or located conveniently for hopper doors, a basement-fed KERNERATOR provides all of the advantages except the hopper-door convenience”
“The remaining fallways are dry; the water that would otherwise beautify them is caught by the maw of the power station”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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