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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Officials said the fire began in a crawl space underneath the home and burned through the first floor.
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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
He was eventually found hiding in a crawl space.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 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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Christa Swanson, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
He was eventually found hiding in a crawl space.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 7 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 17 Dec. 2025.
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