shaftlike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.

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Meanings

adjectiveshaftlike (comparative more shaftlike, superlative most shaftlike)

comparative more shaftlike · superlative most shaftlike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.

    One particularly eye-catching shot is a heroic portrait of the stalwart men who built the Williamsburg next to one of its caissons, the shaftlike structures that permit construction under water.

    2007 June 8, Bridget L. Goodbody, “New York in All Its Nuts-and-Bolts Glory”, in New York Times

Origin

From shaft + -like.

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APA

shaftlike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaftlike

MLA

“shaftlike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaftlike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shaftlike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shaftlike.

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