Term: shaft: a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
Candidate hypernym: rod: a long thin implement made of metal or wood → 1
Candidate hypernym: bicarbonate: a salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3) in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced; an acid carbonate → 0
Candidate hypernym: pig's ears: an edible agaric with a brown fruiting body that is often compound → 0
Candidate hypernym: sweetsop: sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds → 0
Candidate hypernym: carnival: a festival marked by merrymaking and processions → 0
Candidate hypernym: scruple: an ethical or moral principle that inhibits action → 0
Candidate hypernym: sitting: (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait) → 0
Candidate hypernym: santalaceae: chiefly tropical herbs or shrubs or trees bearing nuts or one-seeded fruit → 0
Candidate hypernym: hypozeuxis: use of a series of parallel clauses (as in `I came, I saw, I conquered') → 0
Candidate hypernym: kopek: 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia → 0
Candidate hypernym: sun deck: an unroofed deck → 0