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shafts

SHAFTS/ʃæfts/UKSHAHFTS/ʃɑːfts/

2 meanings of shafts

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of shaft. Use it when you mean more than one.

    The new tower has six elevator shafts.

    The renovation added two glass-walled elevator shafts to the atrium.

  2. 2
    verb
    The form of shaft used after he, she or it in the present.

    The new contract shafts the workers who have been here longest.

    My landlord always shafts us on the security deposit.

shafts is a form of shaft

shaft, noun: The tall, narrow space inside a building where an elevator goes up and down. Full entry

Forms
shaftshafts plural
Spelling
shaft → shafts: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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