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
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Biologists from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife set up cameras at an Altadena man's home to monitor the 550-pound bear that's been camping in his crawl space for more than a week.
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Zach Boetto, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
According to the Los Angeles Times, KTLA, and NBC Los Angeles, Altadena resident Kenneth Johnson noticed in February 2025 that bricks around the outside of his home's small crawl space had been moved and that the wooden frame surrounding the space had been broken.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Hyde recommends paying special attention to the pipes in unheated areas such as garages, crawl spaces, and attics.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2025
There, a corroded pipe leaked 5,000 gallons of fuel into the crawl space of a maintenance building associated with the elementary school.
—Emily Schwing, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
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Zach Boetto, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
According to the Los Angeles Times, KTLA, and NBC Los Angeles, Altadena resident Kenneth Johnson noticed in February 2025 that bricks around the outside of his home's small crawl space had been moved and that the wooden frame surrounding the space had been broken.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
Hyde recommends paying special attention to the pipes in unheated areas such as garages, crawl spaces, and attics.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2025
There, a corroded pipe leaked 5,000 gallons of fuel into the crawl space of a maintenance building associated with the elementary school.
—Emily Schwing, NPR, 17 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for crawl space
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“Crawl space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crawl%20space. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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