Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reversing shaft

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.30 in modern English

Syllables: re-vers-ing shaft
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shaft which permits a reversal of the order of steam passage through the ports of a steam engine.

Inflected Forms

reversing shafts (plural)

Questions

What does reversing shaft mean?: A shaft which permits a reversal of the order of steam passage through the ports of a steam engine.

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