shafts
Mine's deep passages
Shafts is the plural of shaft—long narrow poles or passages.
Arrow shafts fly toward targets; mine shafts descend into the earth; elevator shafts run vertically through buildings.
Shafts of light pierce darkness.
To shaft someone is to treat them unfairly: He really got shafted on that deal.
The noun the shaft means similar mistreatment: She gave him the shaft.
Vertical conveyance between floors
- mineOre excavation site
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- chimneyVertical smoke passage
smokestack · column · pillar · passage · duct · airway · pit · well
Shaft for wheel rotation
- driveshaftRotating rod transmitting torque
- crankshaftRotating engine shaft
- camshaftLobed rod operating valves
- propellerRotating blades creating thrust
drive · spindle · piston · transmission · gearbox · engine · turbine · gudgeon
elevator
Vertical conveyance between floors
- mineOre excavation site
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
chimney · smokestack · column · pillar · passage · duct · airway · pit · well · vertical
axle
Shaft for wheel rotation
- driveshaftRotating rod transmitting torque
- crankshaftRotating engine shaft
- camshaftLobed rod operating valves
propeller · drive · spindle · piston · transmission · gearbox · engine · turbine · gudgeon · tappet
arrow
Pointed shaft for shooting
dart · lance · harpoon · bolt · pike · fletching · feathered · thrown · barbed · wooden
beam
Structural support member
gleam · streak · column · moonbeam · slanting · piercing · golden · filtering · illumination
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- columnspillar, column, pillars, pedestal, pedestals
- cavescave, cavern, caves, caverns, grotto
- golfgolf, golf club, golf clubs, golf ball, golf balls
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, coal
- elevator shaftVertical enclosure for lifts
- mine shaftVertical tunnel for extraction
- ventilation shaftPassage for air exchange
- drive shaftRotating torque-transfer bar
- air shaftVertical passage for circulation
- mining shaftVertical underground excavation passage