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How to pronounce “shaft”

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Pronunciation guide for shaft

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of shaft with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery 19 minutesI'm 150 feet down an illegal mine shaft in Ghana.
Definition summary: (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

Example 1 of 8

Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery 19 minutes

I'm 150 feet down an illegal mine shaft in Ghana.

[Noun]
(obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.
(literary) A beam or ray of light.
The main axis of a feather.
A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine.
A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.
A ventilation or heating conduit.
(architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
(anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.
The chamber of a blast furnace.
(meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
(weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
(slang) An act of sexual intercourse.
[Verb]
(transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
(transitive) To equip with a shaft.
(transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.