Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "shaft" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

turn at high speed

Derived Terms

Microshaft aftershaft airshaft angle shaft backshaft bareshaft brakeshaft camshaft cardan shaft clutchshaft cockshaft counter shaft countershaft crankshaft drive shaft driveshaft driving shaft dropshaft elevator shaft equivalent shaft horsepower foreshaft get the shaft give someone the shaft hail shaft hairshaft half shaftradial shaft seal jackshaft layshaft liftshaft line shaft mainshaft midshaft mine shaft mineshaft nonshaft prickshaft prop shaft propeller shaft propshaft reversing shaft rock shaft shaft alley shaft bow shaft cave shaft encoder shaft furnace shaft horsepower shafter shafthouse shaftie shaftless shaftlike shaftman shaftment shaftsman shaftway shaftwork shafty spearshaft subshaft sunshaft turboshaft ventilating shaft ventilation shaft view shaft viewshaft windshaft

Context

architecture lacrosse slang

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arm beat beat out comment crush equip fit fit out input light line long bone member os longum outfit passage passageway penis phallus remark rib rod shell trounce upright vanquish vertical visible light visible radiation weapon weapon system

Type Of (IsA)

line non agentive artifact passage passageway rod solid tangible artifact upright

Manner Of

equip

Part Of

arrow building column mine tunnel

Related Terms

air animal arrow artificial axis axle beam blast furnace body capital cause central chamber column conduit deceit driveshaft duct earth either elevator equip especially feather fuck fuck over handle harm harnessed have heating intercourse javelin lacrosse stick lift liftshaft light long motorized narrow natural particularly passage pedestal pillar pole ray rear wheel drive sexual spear sunk tool treachery vehicle ventilation vertical

Synonym Network

beam cheat cock diaphysis mineshaft quill rachis rotating shaft shot spear stale

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.