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Shaft can refer to


  • Axle, a central shaft for a rotating wheel or gear
  • An architectural column's long cylindrical section
  • the height of a boot
  • Elevator shaft
  • Shaft (1971 movie) or the 1971 novel on which it was based
  • Shaft (album), the soundtrack for the movie of the same name, recorded by Isaac Hayes
  • Shaft (2000 movie)
  • Shaft (television)
  • John Shaft, the title character of the above movies.
  • Shaft (comics), a Marvel Comics ninja character
  • Shaft (band), a dance music act who scored a 1999 hit with a cover/remix of (Mucho Mambo) Sway
  • Shafting, illicit travelling through shafts
  • Shaft mining
  • Pitch (vertical space), a significant underground vertical space in caving terminology
  • Driveshaft, a mechanical device for transferring power from the engine or motor to the point where useful work is applied
  • The part of a golf club between its head and its grip
  • a weapon in the Quake video game series
  • Drive Shaft, the fictional rock band led by Charlie Pace in the TV series Lost
  • Ventilation shaft
  • Part of a loom
  • Shaft (Castlevania), the dark priest from the Castlevania videogame series
  • Shaft (company), a Japanese animation company
  • Shaft (club), a Blues and Jazz Club in Istanbul, Turkey.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Shaft para niños

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