crawl space

See also: crawlspace

English

Alternative forms

• crawlspace

Noun

crawl space (plural crawl spaces)

1. (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