shaft

shaft is a 5-letter English word with 31 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 31 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
2. noun. The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
3. noun. That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
4. noun. The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
5. noun. The stem or midrib of a feather.
6. noun. The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
7. noun. The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
8. noun. The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
9. noun. A pole, especially a Maypole.
10. noun. The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.
11. noun. A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
12. noun. A rod at the end of a heddle.
13. noun. A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
14. noun. A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
15. noun. A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.
16. noun. A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
17. noun. The chamber of a blast furnace.
18. noun. the hollow spine of a feather

    Synonyms: calamus, quill

19. noun. a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
20. noun. a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
21. noun. a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
22. noun. (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column

    Synonyms: scape

23. noun. a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
24. noun. a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

    Synonyms: lance, spear

25. noun. obscene terms for penis

    Synonyms: cock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, tool

26. noun. the main (mid) section of a long bone

    Synonyms: diaphysis

27. noun. 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"

    Synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shot, slam

28. noun. a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
29. noun. a column of light (as from a beacon)

    Synonyms: beam, irradiation, ray

30. verb. defeat someone through trickery or deceit

    Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw

31. verb. equip with a shaft

Synonyms

calamus, quill, scape, lance, spear, cock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, tool, diaphysis, barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shot, slam, beam, irradiation, ray, cheat, chicane

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shaft:

hafts

Common word forms

shafts, shafted, shafter, shafting, shaftless, shaftment

Words from these letters

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