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: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence → 1
Candidate hypernym: rochelle salt: a double salt used in Seidlitz powder; acts as a cathartic → 0
Candidate hypernym: stroke: a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush → 0
Candidate hypernym: rose-root: Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: blockhouse: a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire → 0
Candidate hypernym: tidal basin: a basin that is full of water at high tide → 0
Candidate hypernym: repellent: a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water → 0
Candidate hypernym: bandicoot rat: burrowing scaly-tailed rat of India and Ceylon → 0
Candidate hypernym: sargassum fish: small fantastically formed and colored fishes found among masses of sargassum → 0
Candidate hypernym: vector: (genetics) a virus or other agent that is used to deliver DNA to a cell → 0
Candidate hypernym: galaxy: (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust → 0