Definition of shafts

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • shafts is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
  • shafts is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
  • shafts is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11

Definition of shafts


  • an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect (noun)

    Examples

    1. she threw shafts of sarcasm

    Synonyms

    1. barb
    2. dig
    3. gibe
    4. jibe
    5. shot
    6. slam
  • the hollow spine of a feather (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. calamus
    2. quill
  • a revolving rod that transmits power or motion (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. rotating shaft
  • a column of light (as from a beacon) (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. beam
    2. beam of light
    3. irradiation
    4. light beam
    5. ray
    6. ray of light
    7. shaft of light
  • defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. cheat
    2. chicane
    3. chouse
    4. jockey
    5. screw
  • the main (mid) section of a long bone (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. diaphysis
  • (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. scape
  • obscene terms for penis (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. cock
    2. dick
    3. pecker
    4. prick
    5. putz
    6. tool
  • a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. lance
    2. spear
  • a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer (noun)
  • a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow) (noun)
  • a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel (noun)
  • a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator) (noun)
  • equip with a shaft (verb)

See definition of shafts in Merriam Webster