distaff

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I - noun

1. the sphere of work by women
• Hypernyms:
sphere, domain, area, orbit, field, arena
2. the staff on which wool or flax is wound before spinning
• Hypernyms:
staff
• Part Holonyms:
spinning wheel

II - adjective

characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
- female sensitiveness
- female suffrage
• Syn:
female
• Similar to:
feminine
• Derivationally related forms:
female (for: female), femaleness (for: female)