Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mine shaft

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: mine shaft
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of mineshaft.

Example Sentences

"Stabilisation of mine shafts under Kidsgrove station started on January 18. [...] Work originally started in 2018, but was paused the following year after the mine shafts were discovered."

Inflected Forms

mine shafts (plural)

Questions

What does mine shaft mean?: Alternative form of mineshaft.

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