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shaftlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From shaft + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a shaft.
   • One particularly eye-catching shot is a heroic portrait of the stalwart men who built the Williamsburg next to one of its caissons, the shaftlike structures that permit construction under water. 2007 June 8, Bridget L. Goodbody, “New York in All Its Nuts-and-Bolts Glory”, in New York Times:

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