Synonyms of haft

haft

noun

ˈhaft 

as in handle

a part by which an implement is held

the blade of the adze is still good, but the haft is broken and will have to be replaced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handle
• grip
• hilt
• helve
• shaft
• bow
• loop
• handgrip
• bar
• bail
• crop
• handlebar
• whipstock
• broomstick

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of haft

Handles helped make the tools easier to grip and more versatile; Wang and his colleagues found one bladelet with part of a bone haft still attached to the stone. —Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022

This chert bladelet still has a remnant of its bone haft attached. —Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2022

The wooden haft is perfectly preserved & one of only a handful to survive in Britain. —Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021

If Neanderthals were going to the trouble of putting tar on a small, everyday domestic tool like a flake (whether to attach it to a haft or just to make a simple grip), then producing tar in usable amounts must have been routine. —Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2019