English Explanatory Dictionary

Taft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. A city in Kern County, California.
  4. A census-designated place in Orange County, Florida.
  5. A census-designated place and industrial area in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana.
  6. An unincorporated community in Grand Lake Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota.
  7. An unincorporated community in Butler County, Missouri.
  8. A locality in Mineral County, Montana.
  9. A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
  10. A community in Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon.
  11. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
  12. A city in San Patricio County, Texas.
verb
  1. To spread the end of a pipe outward so as to form a wide thin flange.

Pronunciation

tăft /tæft/

Word forms

Taft Tafts tafting tafted

Etymology

In the United States, many of the places established since 1909 are named after William Howard Taft.

Derived words

Abeto Mirasol Taft South Buhang Taft North Taftian THT & P
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