Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shaftman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shaft-man
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A man who sinks a mineshaft.

Etymology

From shaft + -man.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

shaftmen (plural)

Questions

What does shaftman mean?
A man who sinks a mineshaft.
Where does shaftman come from?
From shaft + -man.

How to pronounce shaftman

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