This shaft links with a piston.
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Shaft
//ʃɑːft//
Synonyms for "shaft" (433 found)
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Closest matches (87)
Strong matches (130)
Verb(49 words)
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frickfrigfuckget into someone's pantsget over onget up ingive someone onegive someone the timego in untogo to bed withgo withhavehave one's way withhave one's wicked way withhithumpinformal and slang termsjapejiffjockeyjuicejumpjump someone's bonesknobknockknock offknowknow someone in the biblical senselay
Related words (216)
Verb(48 words)
Noun(44 words)
lighthouselouverlouverworkmarkermartellomartello towermastmausoleummegalithmementomemorialmemorial archmemorial columnmemorial statuememorial stonemenhirminaretminemineshaftmonolith
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monumentmoundnarisnecrologynewel-postnostrilobeliskobituaryobservation toweropen cutopencastpagodapedestalpedicelpedunclepencilpierpilasterpilepilingpillarpinnaclepitplaqueplinthpolepostpotshotprizeput-downpylonpyramidquarrelquarryqueen-postrachisrayreedreliquaryremembranceribbonrodrostral columnrotating shaftscrewscrewingshankshootshotshrineskyscrapersoclespearspileholespiraclespirestaffstalestalkstanchionstandstandardstandpipesteeplestelastemstickstingstonestreakstupasubbasesurbasetablettelevision masttestimonialthrusttombtombstonetonguetopetouchholetourtowertransomtrophytrunktunnelturretuprightventventageventholeventiductventilating shaftventilatorvictimizevolleywater towerwellwind tunnelwindmill towerworkingsyawning abyss
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31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Synonyms
11 entriescapable of
1 entriesderived
67 entriesShowing 16 of 67 words.
has context
3 entriesis a
7 entriesmanner of
1 entriespart of
5 entriesrelated to
56 entriesShowing 16 of 56 words.
Translations
242 translations across 44 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- κάμαξ noun (any long, thin object)
- κῆλον noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- στελεά noun (any long, thin object)
Basque
1 entries- haga noun (any long, thin object)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дръжка noun (lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick)
- дръжка на копие noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- лъч noun (beam or ray of light)
- стъбло noun (main axis of a feather)
Catalan
4 entries- barra noun (any long, thin object)
- conducte noun (ventilation or heating conduit)
- feix noun (beam or ray of light)
- pou noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 杆 noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- 羽幹 /羽干 noun (main axis of a feather)
- 羽軸 /羽轴 noun (main axis of a feather)
Czech
4 entries- dřík noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- dřík noun (the shaft of the penis)
- hřídel noun (any long, thin object)
- násada noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
Dutch
3 entries- schacht noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- schacht noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- schacht noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
Esperanto
2 entries- fusto noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- ŝakto noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Finnish
4 entries- aisa noun (any long, thin object)
- akseli noun (any long, thin object)
- hissikuilu noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
- kaivoskuilu noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
French
4 entries- brancard noun (pole to attach a draught animal)
- cage noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
- hampe noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- rachis noun (main axis of a feather)
Galician
2 entries- hasta noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- hasta noun (any long, thin object)
German
4 entries- Deichsel noun (pole to attach a draught animal)
- Federkiel noun (main axis of a feather)
- Kiel noun (main axis of a feather)
- Schacht noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Greek
4 entries- αεραγωγός noun (ventilation or heating conduit)
- ακτίνα noun (beam or ray of light)
- αχτίδα noun (beam or ray of light)
- βάλανος noun (the shaft of the penis)
Hebrew
4 entries- פִּיר noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- פִּיר noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
- קָנֶה noun (main axis of a feather)
- קֻלְמוֹס noun (main axis of a feather)
Hungarian
4 entries- akna noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- akna noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
- bányaakna noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- fénynyaláb noun (beam or ray of light)
Irish
1 entries- fearsaid noun (any long, thin object)
Italian
4 entries- asta noun (any long, thin object)
- condotta noun (ventilation or heating conduit)
- condotto noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- condotto noun (ventilation or heating conduit)
Japanese
3 entries- 立て坑 noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- 縦坑 noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- 羽軸 noun (main axis of a feather)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- lāi noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
Macedonian
4 entries- др́шка noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- др́шка noun (lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick)
- зрак noun (beam or ray of light)
- о́кно noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Manx
1 entries- towl noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Middle English
3 entries- schaft noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- schaft noun (beam or ray of light)
- schaft noun (any long, thin object)
Middle Persian
1 entries- 𐭰𐭥𐭯𐭪 noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
Māori
4 entries- kakau noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- kakau noun (any long, thin object)
- kawau noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- tara noun (beam or ray of light)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- sjakt noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- sjakt noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
- skaft noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- skaft noun (the shaft of the penis)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- sjakt noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- sjakt noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
Old English
1 entries- sċeaft noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
Old Norse
1 entries- skepta verb (to equip with a shaft)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- اوق noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- ایك noun (any long, thin object)
- قیو noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- كوندر noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
Persian
1 entries- چوبه noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
Plautdietsch
3 entries- Scheft noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- Scheft noun (any long, thin object)
- Staum noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
Polish
3 entries- szyb noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- szyb noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
- szyb noun (ventilation or heating conduit)
Portuguese
4 entries- cabo noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- cabo noun (any long, thin object)
- cabo noun (lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick)
- chaminé noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Romanian
2 entries- puț noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- puțuri noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Russian
4 entries- дре́вко noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- луч noun (beam or ray of light)
- ось noun (any long, thin object)
- рукоя́тка noun (lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- cas noun (any long, thin object)
- crann noun (any long, thin object)
- gath noun (beam or ray of light)
- toll noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- grotlo noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
- okno noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Slovak
2 entries- hriadeľ noun (any long, thin object)
- os noun (any long, thin object)
Spanish
4 entries- asta noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- astil noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- astil noun (main axis of a feather)
- barra noun (any long, thin object)
Swedish
4 entries- hisschakt noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
- schakt noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
- schakt noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
- schakt noun (ventilation or heating conduit)
Tagalog
1 entries- balaon noun (long passage sunk into the earth)
Thai
2 entries- ทูบ noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
- เพลา noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
Turkish
1 entries- ok sapı noun (long narrow body of spear or arrow)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ша́хта noun (vertical passage housing a lift)
Sample sentences
33 total sentences available.
His old company gave him the shaft. But I admire the way he turned bad luck into good and did even better with his own business.
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You are in a narrow rocky shaft. There is some light shining from far above. Below you is the cave you started in. What do you do now?
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If the torque is too high, the shaft might break. That's why we are using a shear splint as a torque limiter.
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