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1. shaft

noun. ['ˈʃæft'] an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.

Etymology

  • sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

Rhymes with Shaft

  • redraft
  • staffed
  • kraft
  • krafft
  • graft
  • draught
  • draft
  • craft
  • taft
  • raft
  • laughed
  • daft
  • calfed

How do you pronounce shaft?

Pronounce shaft as ʃæft.

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2. shaft

noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.

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Etymology

  • sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

3. shaft

noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow).

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  • sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

4. shaft

noun. ['ˈʃæft'] the hollow spine of a feather.

Etymology

  • sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

5. shaft

noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon.

Etymology

  • sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

6. shaft

noun. ['ˈʃæft'] (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column.

Etymology

  • sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

7. shaft

noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator).

Etymology

  • sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

10. shaft

noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel.

Etymology

  • sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))