shaft

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʃɑːft/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ʃæft/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(shaft, shäft)

Collocations for "shaft"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "shaft" in context.

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shaft

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a shaft of [light, sunlight]
  2. the shaft of [a golf club, an arrow, a pole, a spear]
  3. automotive: the [crank, axle, transmission, gear] shaft
  4. [forge, shape, mold, weld] the shaft
  5. [repair, fix, install] the elevator shaft
  6. fell [down, into] the elevator shaft
  7. [escaped, entered, fled] through a ventilation shaft
  8. a sudden shaft of [fear, inspiration]
  9. sexually explicit: stroked his shaft
  10. sexually explicit: his shaft got [hard, stiff]
v
  1. his [friend, boss, lawyer] shafted him
  2. was shafted by her [friend]
  3. [really got, were really] shafted!
  4. shafted out of his [earnings, share, position]
  5. shaft a [boat, cloth] through a [tunnel, pipe]
  6. light shafted through the [gap, hole, room]
  7. light shafted from [above, the ceiling]
  8. shafted [upwards, downwards]
n as adj
  1. the shaft [length, diameter, height]
'shaft' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bearing - crank - down - elevator - grease - hollow - machine - penis - sludge - stub - torque

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