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7-letter words (1 found)

DISTAFF,

5-letter words (11 found)

ADITS,DAFFS,DIFFS,DITAS,FASTI,FIATS,STAFF,STAID,STIFF,TIFFS,TSADI,

4-letter words (29 found)

ADIT,AIDS,AITS,DAFF,DAFT,DAIS,DIFF,DIFS,DISA,DITA,DITS,FADS,FAST,FATS,FIAT,FIDS,FIST,FITS,ITAS,SADI,SAFT,SAID,SATI,SIDA,SIFT,TADS,TAIS,TIDS,TIFF,

3-letter words (31 found)

ADS,AFF,AFT,AID,AIS,AIT,ATS,DAS,DIF,DIS,DIT,FAD,FAS,FAT,FID,FIT,IDS,IFF,IFS,ITA,ITS,SAD,SAI,SAT,SIF,SIT,TAD,TAI,TAS,TID,TIS,

2-letter words (15 found)

AD,AI,AS,AT,DA,DI,FA,ID,IF,IS,IT,SI,ST,TA,TI,

You can make 87 words from distaff according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of distaff

distaff

Etymology

From Middle English distaf (“distaff”), from Old English distæf (“distaff”), from *dis- (“bunch of flax”) (cognate with Middle Low German dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”)) + stæf (“staff”) (from Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-). Senses 3 and 5 (“anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only”; “a woman, or women considered as a group”) refer to the fact that spinning was traditionally done by women.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɪstɑːf/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɪstæf/
  • Hyphenation: di‧staff

Noun

distaff (plural distaffs or distaves)

  1. A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) are attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist.
  2. The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun.
  3. Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only.
  4. A race for female horses only.
  5. (also collective) A woman, or women considered as a group.

Alternative forms

  • distaffe (obsolete)

Derived terms

  • Distaff Day

Related terms

  • to dize (obsolete)
  • to dizen

Translations

Adjective

distaff (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of women.
    Synonyms: female, maternal
    Antonyms: male, paternal, spear
  2. Of the maternal side of a family.

Derived terms

  • distaff side

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References

Further reading

  • distaff on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

distaff

  1. Alternative form of distaf

Source: wiktionary.org