distaff

distaff is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 14 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The staff for holding a bunch of flax, tow, or wool, from which the thread is drawn in spinning by hand.
2. noun. Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.
3. noun. the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
4. noun. the sphere of work by women
5. adjective. characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

   "female sensitiveness"

   "female suffrage"

   Synonyms: female

Synonyms

female

Common word forms

distaffs

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