crawl space

noun

: a shallow unfinished space beneath the first floor or under the roof of a building especially for access to plumbing or wiring

Examples of crawl space in a Sentence

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The house had served as more than a haven for his mother: When Torres was last out of prison around 2005, detectives searched the two-bedroom stucco house and found $6,000 stuffed inside a coffee pot and $11,000 hidden in the crawl space, according to search warrant records. Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025 According to the local media outlet, the bear had been in the crawl space before the fires broke out and Arbid had been devising a plan to remove it. Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025 Some localities still require venting crawl spaces. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024 Fish and wildlife biologist Kevin Howells and a team of eight wildlife employees spent nearly 24 hours attempting to remove Barry from the crawl space, according to the release. Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for crawl space

Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of crawl space was in 1946

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“Crawl space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crawl%20space. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.

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