crawl space

See also: crawlspace

English

Alternative forms

crawlspace

Noun

crawl space (plural crawl spaces)

(construction) A narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey used to give access to pipes, cables and other utilities.
- 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 147:
  When he couldn’t take another step he hid under a lonesome gray house and squatted in the fetid water of the crawl space.

Translations

opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey

Dutch: kruipruimte (nl) f
Finnish: ryömintätila (fi)
French: vide sanitaire (fr) m
German: Kriechkeller (de) m (under building), Kriechzwischenraum m (between storeys)
Polish: pomieszczenie pod budynkiem n
Swedish: krypgrund c

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