What is another word for shafts?

Pronunciation: [ʃˈafts] (IPA)

Shafts refer to long, thin or cylindrical objects that are usually used in machines or structures. There are different synonyms for this word, each with its own unique usage and characteristics. A few of the common synonyms for the word "shafts" include rods, spindles, axles, beams, and poles. Rods are usually narrower and more flexible than shafts, while spindles are often used in machines for spinning or winding. Axles are typically used for rotation or support, while beams are longer and thicker with a wider range of uses. Finally, poles are usually larger and made of wood, metal, or other materials for support, construction, or transportation. These synonyms for "shafts" are used in different contexts and industries but have the same basic meaning of a long, thin or cylindrical object.

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Usage examples for Shafts

Then Nels turned into the grove and took the horse from the shafts and tied him some distance away, while G. B. Stiles took writing materials from his valise, and, sitting in the buggy, made a show of drawing up a legal paper.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Then the gray was put in the shafts again, and they drove to the town quietly, as if they had been to Rigg's Corners and back.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
All high speed shafts, viz.
"Illustrated Catalogue of Cotton Machinery"
Howard & Bullough American Machine Company, Ltd.

Famous quotes with Shafts

  • In my preaching the shafts are ever aimed at the brainwashed horde.
    Powell Clayton
  • I know most players do, but I always keep both eyes opened. I still do it. I see two shafts, the real one and the transparent one. I look for what's on the inside edge of the transparent one.
    Ben Crenshaw
  • I should wish to see a world in which education aimed at mental freedom rather than imprisoning the minds of the young in a rigid armor of dogma calculated to protect them though life against the shafts of impartial evidence.
    Bertrand Russell
  • The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries, with vast air shafts between, surrounded by very low railings.
    Jorge Luis Borges
  • The scenery and costumes of 'The Wizard of Oz' were all made in New York — Mr. Mitchell was a New York favorite, but the author was undoubtedly a Chicagoan, and therefore a legitimate butt for the shafts of criticism. So the critics highly praised the Poppy scene, the Kansas cyclone, the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, but declared the libretto was very bad and teemed with 'wild and woolly western puns and forced gags.' Now, all that I claim in the libretto of 'The Wizard of Oz' is the creation of the characters of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, the story of their search for brains and a heart, and the scenic effects of the Poppy Field and the cyclone. These were a part of my published fairy tale, as thousands of readers well know. I have published fifteen books of fairy tales, which may be found in all prominent public and school libraries, and they are entirely free, I believe, from the broad jokes the New York critics condemn in the extravaganza, and which, the New York people are now laughing over. In my original manuscript of the play were no 'gags' nor puns whatever. But Mr. Hamlin stated positively that no stage production could succeed without that accepted brand of humor, and as I knew I was wholly incompetent to write those 'comic paper side-splitters' I employed one of the foremost New York 'tinkerers' of plays to write into my manuscript these same jokes that are now declared 'wild and woolly' and 'smacking of Chicago humor.' If the New York critics only knew it, they are praising a Chicago author for the creation of the scenic effects and characters entirely new to the stage, and condemning a well-known New York dramatist for a brand of humor that is palpably peculiar to Puck and Judge. I am amused whenever a New York reviewer attacks the libretto of 'The Wizard of Oz' because it 'comes from Chicago.'"
    L. Frank Baum

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