shaft
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4.2
- noun
- /ʃæft/
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- Each feather was attached to the shaft of the arrow to improve stability during flight.
- rotating shaft
- shaft bearing
- motor shaft
And when you get in there, you can use that shaft as a lever.
- And when you get in there, you can use that shaft as a lever.
- Now airplane, the shaft of an arrow is the fuselage, right?
- She puts the shaft in the dirt and falls on the upturned point.
- It's really important, but you need a spear shaft and you also need a guy who knows how to use the spear.
- I did a drive shaft service, drive shaft service that is a tongue twister.
Examples
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It's really important, but you need a spear shaft and you also need a guy who knows how to use the spear.
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Bad Belly gently replaced the shaft, careful not to damage the feather fletching.
Fiction book (1992) -
This meant that an optimal arrow would have a shaft just slightly longer than that amount.
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The shaft appears to be narrowing.
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Just think of it as the shaft of a spear, and aim your point at the center of your target.
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Its head whipped around, and it caught the shaft of the spear between its teeth.
Fiction book (1992) -
Each instrument consists of a handle, a fluted metal shaft, and a semicylindrical business end.
Academic text (1993) -
Typically, an odometer connected to the car's transmission shaft transmits information about the distance the car has traveled.
Academic text (1994) -
Dust motes captured shafts of light that seemed to originate in an unseen heaven above.
Academic text (2011) -
The carpenter carefully selected the right shaft for the tool to ensure it was durable and straight.
Synonyms
318
1.0
A long thin stick used to support things or in sports
148
2.1
A long thin stick of metal or wood used for a specific purpose
1
5.3
The hollow central part of a bird's feather
The long middle part of a bone between its ends
Compounds
- Specialized
18
3.5
A tall narrow space in a building where an elevator moves up and down between floors
- Specialized
5
4.5
A passage in a building that lets fresh air in and stale air out
- Specialized
1
5.2
A metal rod that turns to carry power from an engine to the wheels
- Specialized
A device that measures how a shaft turns and sends that information as a signal
- Specialized
A tall vertical furnace that forces hot gas up through solid material to melt metal
How Sturdy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Shaft comes from the old English word sceaft, which meant a 'stick' or 'pole' and was used for spears. So a shaft is the long, straight 'stick' part of an arrow, bone, rod, or column.