"-craft" meaning in English

See -craft in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Middle English -craft, -creft, from Old English -cræft (“art or skill in”), from cræft (“art, skill”). More at craft. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-craft}} Middle English -craft, {{inh|en|ang|-cræft|t=art or skill in}} Old English -cræft (“art or skill in”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -craft, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -craft
  1. A skill of a particular kind. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -work
    Sense id: en--craft-en-suffix-en:skill Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters, Pages using catfix Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 100 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: From craft (“vehicle, vessel”). Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -craft, {{en-suffix|cat2=noun-forming suffixes}} -craft
  1. A vehicle of a particular type. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--craft-en-suffix-en:vehicle Categories (other): English links with redundant target parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Etymology: Back-formation from Minecraft. Etymology templates: {{bf|en|Minecraft}} Back-formation from Minecraft Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=proper noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -craft, {{en-suffix|cat2=proper noun-forming suffixes}} -craft
  1. A Minecraft mod or server with a particular theme. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--craft-en-suffix-en:Minecraft Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Minecraft Disambiguation of English back-formations: 28 0 72 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 0 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 0 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 0 88 Disambiguation of Minecraft: 10 1 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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