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Term: shaft

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "shaft": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

shaft

Definitions

Noun

  1. A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
  2. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  3. A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
  4. A column of light (as from a beacon)
  5. The main (mid) section of a long bone
  6. Obscene terms for penis
  7. A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
  8. A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
  9. (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
  10. A long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
  11. A revolving rod that transmits power or motion
  12. The hollow spine of a feather

Verb

  1. Equip with a shaft
  2. Defeat someone through trickery or deceit

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "shaft".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shaft 1 11
2 shafts 1 2
3 crankshaft 2 1
4 camshaft 2 0
5 camshafts 2 0
6 crankshafts 2 0
7 shafted 2 0
8 shafting 2 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "shaft".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shift 1 41

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "shaft".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shift 1 41
2 sheaf 1 3
3 hafta 2 3
4 shafts 1 2
5 haft 1 0
6 shafted 2 0
7 shoaf 1 0
8 shatz 1 0
9 shatt 1 0
10 sharf 1 0
11 shant 1 0
12 shalt 1 0
13 shaff 1 0
14 oshaf 2 0
15 hanft 1 0
16 hafts 1 0
17 shafting 2 0
18 camshaft 2 0
19 ashcraft 2 0
20 sha 1 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "shaft" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "shaft" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "shaft" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq
1 single 2 2

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "shaft".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 shift 1 41

Results:

Term

Definitions: 14

Fragments: 8

Sound Alikes: 1

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 1

Consonant Matches: 1

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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