Wordnet Dictionary

Welcome

Wordnet Dictionary
Adjective distaff has 1 sense
  1. female, distaff - characteristic of or peculiar to a woman; "female sensitiveness"; "female suffrage"
    Antonym: masculine (indirect, via feminine)
,Noun distaff has 2 senses
  1. distaff - the sphere of work by women
    --1 is a kind of     sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
  2. distaff - the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
    --2 is a kind of     staff
    --2 is a part of spinning wheel
,
TOP