shaft house

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shaft, shahft noun, adjective hous]
- /ʃæft, ʃɑft noun, adjective haʊs/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shaft, shahft noun, adjective hous]
- /ʃæft, ʃɑft noun, adjective haʊs/

Definition of shaft house words

noun shaft house a structure housing machinery and other equipment at the top of a mine shaft. 1

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Origin of shaft house

First appearance:

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75

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Parts of speech for Shaft house

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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shaft house popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 56% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

shaft house usage trend in Literature

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