Defenition of the word distaff

• Defenition of the word distaff

  • the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
  • the sphere of work by women
  • characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
  • characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

Synonyms for the word distaff

• • female

Similar words in the distaff

• • feminine

Meronymys for the word distaff

• • spinning wheel

Hypernyms for the word distaff

• • area
  • arena
  • domain
  • field
  • orbit
  • sphere
  • staff

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