deep shaft

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Describes a shaft that extends far downwards.

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Examples (10)

  • They lowered him down to the bottom of the deep shaft.
  • The miners began their descent into the deep shaft.
  • Explorers found a surprisingly deep shaft within the cave.
  • A new ventilation system required digging a deep shaft.
  • Looking down the abandoned deep shaft sent shivers down his spine.
  • The engineers proposed a deep shaft to access geothermal energy.
  • Water quickly filled the deep shaft after the heavy rains.
  • They had to construct a deep shaft through solid rock.
  • The rescue operation involved lowering equipment into the deep shaft.
  • Generations of miners worked in those deep shafts.