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Defenition of the word shaft

    • Defenition of the word shaft

      • a column of light (as from a beacon)
      • defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
      • obscene terms for penis
      • the main (mid) section of a long bone
      • the hollow shaft of a feather
      • a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
      • a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
      • a vertical passage into a mine
      • the vertical part of a column
      • a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
      • a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
      • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
      • a long pointed rod used as a weapon
      • (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
      • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead''"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
      • equip with a shaft
      • the hollow spine of a feather
      • a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
      • a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
      • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
      • defeat someone through trickery or deceit

    Synonyms for the word shaft

      • bar
      • barb
      • beam
      • beam of light
      • bore
      • calamus
      • cheat
      • chicane
      • chouse
      • cock
      • diaphysis
      • dick
      • dig
      • duct
      • gibe
      • gleam
      • jibe
      • jockey
      • lance
      • light beam
      • passage
      • pecker
      • peter
      • pipe
      • pole
      • prick
      • quill
      • ray
      • ray of light
      • rod
      • rotating shaft
      • screw
      • shaft of light
      • shank
      • shot
      • slam
      • spear
      • stick
      • streak
      • stream
      • tool
      • tube
      • tunnel

    Similar words in the shaft

      • shaft
      • shaft's
      • shafted
      • shafting
      • shafts

    Meronymys for the word shaft

      • arrow
      • barb
      • building
      • column
      • edifice
      • feather
      • mine
      • pillar
      • plumage
      • plume
      • pointer
      • rotating mechanism
      • spearhead

    Hyponyms for the word shaft

      • air shaft
      • air well
      • arbor
      • assagai
      • assegai
      • axle
      • camshaft
      • cheap shot
      • crankshaft
      • downcast
      • driveshaft
      • elevator shaft
      • heat ray
      • high beam
      • javelin
      • laser beam
      • low beam
      • mandrel
      • mandril
      • moon ray
      • moon-ray
      • moonbeam
      • spindle
      • sunbeam
      • sunray
      • thill
      • transmission shaft
      • trident
      • ventilation shaft
      • well

    Hypernyms for the word shaft

      • arm
      • beat
      • beat out
      • comment
      • crush
      • equip
      • fit
      • fit out
      • input
      • light
      • line
      • long bone
      • member
      • os longum
      • outfit
      • passage
      • passageway
      • penis
      • phallus
      • remark
      • rib
      • rod
      • shell
      • trounce
      • upright
      • vanquish
      • vertical
      • visible light
      • visible radiation
      • weapon
      • weapon system

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