Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

line shaft

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: line shaft
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An early power transmission system used extensively during the Industrial Revolution, with a single central power source distributing power to all of the machinery in a building.

Inflected Forms

line shafts (plural) lineshaft (alternative)

Questions

What does line shaft mean?: An early power transmission system used extensively during the Industrial Revolution, with a single central power source distributing power to all of the machinery in a building.

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