Usually means: Enclosure surrounding an elevator shaft.
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  1. hoistway: Merriam-Webster
  2. hoistway: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hoistway: Wordnik
  4. hoistway: Wiktionary
  5. Hoistway: Dictionary.com
  6. Hoistway: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Hoistway: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. hoistway: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Hoistway: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. hoistway: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Hoistway: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hoistway)

▸ noun:  An opening for the hoist, or elevator, in the floor of a warehouse.

Similar:
hoistroom, shaftway, fallway, well, wellhole, hatch, hayloft, buck hoist, entryway, lightwell, more...

Opposite:
pit, basement, lower level

Types:
vertical, horizontal, lateral, vertical-horizontal, vertical-lateral, horizontal-lateral, more...

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Similar:
hoistroom, shaftway, fallway, well, wellhole, hatch, hayloft, buck hoist, entryway, lightwell, more...

Opposite:
pit, basement, lower level

Types:
vertical, horizontal, lateral, vertical-horizontal, vertical-lateral, horizontal-lateral, more...



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