Shaft is valid Scrabble Word

Is shaft a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
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5 letters word
11 points in Scrabble
10 points in WWF

Definitions for SHAFT in dictionary:

VERB:

to propel with a pole
(of light) shine in beams
(of a man) have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
treat (someone) harshly or unfairly
equip with a shaft
defeat someone through trickery or deceit
treat badly

NOUN:

a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar
an arrow or spear.
a column, especially the main part between the base and capital.

a long cylindrical rotating rod for the transmission of motive power in a machine.
each of the pair of poles between which a horse is harnessed to a vehicle
a ray of light or bolt of lightning
a sudden flash of a quality or feeling
a remark intended to be witty, wounding, or provoking
a long, narrow, typically vertical hole that gives access to a mine, accommodates a lift in a building, or provides ventilation.
harsh or unfair treatment
long narrow straight handle of a tool or weapon
The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
The trunk, stem, or stalk of a plant.
The stem or midrib of a feather.
The pole, or tongue, of a vehicle; also, a thill.
The part of a candlestick which supports its branches.
The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
A pole, especially a Maypole.
The body of a column; the cylindrical pillar between the capital and base (see Illust. of Column). Also, the part of a chimney above the roof. Also, the spire of a steeple.
A column, an obelisk, or other spire-shaped or columnar monument.
A rod at the end of a heddle.
A solid or hollow cylinder or bar, having one or more journals on which it rests and revolves, and intended to carry one or more wheels or other revolving parts and to transmit power or motion; as, the shaft of a steam engine.
A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; -- called also cora humming bird.
A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.
A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
The chamber of a blast furnace.
a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
a column of light (as from a beacon)
the main (mid) section of a long bone
obscene terms for penis
a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
the hollow spine of a feather
a man's penis.

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to push or propel with a pole

Words related to SHAFT

shafted14 shafter13 shafters14 shafting15 shaftless15 shafts12 stulm7 thill8

Words that contain SHAFT

shafts12 shafted14 shafter13 airshaft14 camshaft18 layshaft17 shafters14 shafting15 subshaft16 airshafts15 camshafts19 jackshaft28 layshafts18 mineshaft17 rockshaft21 shaftings16 shaftless15 subshafts17 aftershaft19 crankshaft22 driveshaft20 jackshafts29 mineshafts18 rockshafts22 turboshaft18 aftershafts20 crankshafts23 driveshafts21 turboshafts19 countershaft20 countershafts21

How to use SHAFT in a sentence

The shaft of sunlight that had aroused him entered through a crack in one of the tightly drawn blinds.
In them a clear shaft of at least sixty, it may be eighty feet, carries a flat head of boughs, each in itself a tree.
In the shaft of light, undisturbed in their silver frames and in their place of honor, he saw three photographs of himself.
The placing of the shaft has led me to anticipate events somewhat.
The second shaft is Hate, a foe to Love, And bitter are his torments for to prove.
He smiled on each shaft as it flew from the string, Though feathered by fate, and the lightning its wing.
Just as the old Scotchman was about to leave the shaft for dinner, he requested silence, as he thought he heard the voices of the imprisoned men.
On the right, supported upon two metal standards and resting in doubly pivoted bearings, appears the anvil-bearing shaft.
On a series of shallow grooves cut into this shaft are mounted loose brass collars, two of which are visible on the hither end of the shaft.
That white mark is equal on both sides of the slit, and had there been a spear head on the shaft, it would have pierced you to the brain.

And the old woman subsided at this shaft of plain truth.
Cairn, whose strength and agility were wonderful, twisted around sideways, and succeeded in placing his foot on a ledge of stone on the opposite side of the shaft.
A shaft of pale light appeared in the east, then broadened and deepened, bringing in its trail, in terrace after terrace, the red and gold of the rising sun.
A long shaft of sunlight spread across the sand, and in the glow High Chin saw that the horse was moving toward him.
The smaller pulley is attached to the shaft and used as a brake.
The belt which transferred the power from shaft C to shaft G was top string, with a section of rubber in it to take up slack.
But the finest thing of all was the head-ax, a beautiful and cruel-looking weapon, the head having on one side an edge curving back toward the shaft, and on the other a point.
The church has been restored, and the chief feature of interest connected with it is the fine cross in the churchyard, with a figure on the shaft of St Michael slaying the Dragon.
The deepest shaft has a perpendicular depth of more than a hundred and ninety fathoms, but for this there is no danger, they say, only one must not be dizzy, nor get alarmed.
I stepped back from this shaft quickly because I thought that I might be seen from below.
He had leaped down the shaft of a dry well leading to a long cavern.

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