Meaning
- (noun) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
- (noun) The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin. “Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.”
- (noun) (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
- (noun) Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.
- (noun) A beam or ray of light. “Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?”
- (noun) The main axis of a feather. “I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!”
- (noun) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick. “Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!”
- (noun) A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine “Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts.”
- (noun) A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft. “Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.”
- (noun) A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct. “Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.”
- (noun) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
- (noun) The main cylindrical part of the penis. “The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males.”
Letter breakdown
- Shaft contains 5 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 5 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 1.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 11.
Letter rearrangements
Connected words
Other 5-letter words
- abaci
- aback
- abaft
- abase
- abash
- abate
- abbey
- abbot
- abeam
- abets
- abhor
- abide
- abler
- abode
- abort
- about
- above
- abuse
Words starting with SHA
- shabbier
- shabbiest
- shabbily
- shabbiness
- shabby
- shack
- shackle
- shackled
- shackles
- shackling
- shacks
- shad
- shade
- shaded
- shades
- shadier
- shadiest
- shadiness
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Reader questions
What does Shaft mean?
The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
What are the anagrams of Shaft?
Valid anagrams: hafts.
How many letters are in Shaft?
Shaft has 5 letters.
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