Shaft Meaning and Definition

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