Word: Shaft
How to pronounce: ʃɑːft
Noun
Definitions:
1. A long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or a similar implement.
Example sentences: "The shaft of a golf club"
2. A ray of light or bolt of lightning.
Example sentences: "A shaft of sunlight"
3. A long, narrow, typically vertical hole that gives access to a mine, accommodates an elevator in a building, or provides ventilation.
Example sentences: "By this time the mine had three shafts, many large stopes and hundreds of metres of drives."
4. A penis.
Verb
Definitions:
1. (of light) shine in beams.
Example sentences: "Brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight"
2. (of a man) have sex with.
Synonyms:
axle
axes
axis
roller
shank
rod
stem
spindle
scape
barrel
screw
barb
drawbar
pikestaff
spear
javelin
lance
ray
beam
mineshaft
Derivations:
shafting
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Shaft in Other Languages...
Spanish: Eje
German: Welle
French: Arbre
Italian: Albero
Turkish: Mil
