лаз

rare #16317

nounmasculineinanimatecountable

1.
manhole, access hatch, inspection openingengineering
Рабочий спусти́лся в лаз коло́дца.
The worker climbed down through the manhole into the shaft.
Technical: an opening a person climbs through to get into a shaft, tank or duct.
2.
trapdoor, crawl hole, hatch
Он откры́л лаз и спусти́лся в по́греб.
He opened the trapdoor and climbed down into the cellar.
3.
passage, way in, hole to crawl through
Дети пролеза́ли в сад че́рез лаз в забо́ре.
The children got into the garden through a hole in the fence.
Also of the narrow run an animal uses.

Examples

Лаз оказался слишком узким для взрослого
The opening turned out to be too narrow for an adult.
Собака пролезла в лаз под забором
The dog crawled through the opening under the fence.
Через этот лаз можно попасть в подвал
You can get into the basement through this opening.