noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ deep
▪ vertical
▪ narrow
▪ elevator ( AmE ), lift ( BrE )
▪
She almost fell down an elevator ~.
▪ mine (usually mineshaft )
▪ air , ventilation
VERB + SHAFT
▪ dig , drill , sink
PREPOSITION
▪ down a/the ~
▪
The body had been thrown down a disused ~.
▪ in a/the ~ , into a/the ~
▪ through a/the ~
▪
The workers go down to the tunnels through a vertical ~ sunk from the top of the cliff.
PHRASES
▪ the bottom of a ~ , the top of a ~
▪
They lowered him down to the bottom of the deep ~.