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- [shaft, shahft]
- /ʃæft, ʃɑft/
- /ʃɑːft/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shaft, shahft]
- /ʃæft, ʃɑft/
Definitions of shaft word
- noun shaft a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows. 1
- noun shaft something directed or barbed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm. 1
- noun shaft a ray or beam: a shaft of sunlight. 1
- noun shaft a long, comparatively straight handle serving as an important or balancing part of an implement or device, as of a hammer, ax, golf club, or other implement. 1
- noun shaft Machinery. a rotating or oscillating round, straight bar for transmitting motion and torque, usually supported on bearings and carrying gears, wheels, or the like, as a propeller shaft on a ship, or a drive shaft of an engine. 1
- noun shaft a flagpole. 1
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Origin of shaft
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceaft; cognate with German Schaft; compare Latin scāpus shaft, Greek skêptron scepter
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Parts of speech for Shaft
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shaft popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
shaft usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shaft
noun shaft
- alleyway — An alleyway is the same as an alley.
- arbor — An arbor is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.
- arrow — An arrow is a written or printed sign that consists of a straight line with another line bent at a sharp angle at one end. This is a printed arrow: →. The arrow points in a particular direction to indicate where something is.
- axis — An axis is an imaginary line through the middle of something.
- axle — An axle is a rod connecting a pair of wheels on a car or other vehicle.
verb shaft
- beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- bend the rules — to ignore rules or change them to suit one's own convenience
- bunco — a swindle, esp one by confidence tricksters
- bunking — a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
- caboodle — a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
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