machine screw
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- noun
- /məˈʃin skru/
- Specialized
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tornillo de máquina
- For a stronger connection, bolt the hinges in place with short machine screws, washers, and hex nuts.
- machine screws and nuts
Examples
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Finally, bolt the metal rack together and firmly tighten the machine screws.
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I need to get machine screws that are shorter than this one and three quarter because this one's a little too tall actually hits the PCB.
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Instead of a nail in the center, he used a machine screw that had been sharpened to a point.
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So the raised raised sections, a shorter plastic screw, the lowered section is a longer machine screw that goes into the back plate.
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And you take this small motor assembly and put two of the machine screws which look like this if you guys want to have a look at that in with the included Allen key.
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And the teeth of this will bite into the wood, keep the threads from turning and give you a machine screw threaded insert.
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Small machine screws and self-tapping screws are used as fasteners.
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What we have is these threaded inserts, these horizontal bars that thread in to the machine screw side and thread insert.
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The guard has a threaded hole and is held by a machine screw.
Synonyms
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A small metal piece with a spiral thread that holds things together when turned into wood or metal
A screw with a finished head that you screw into a threaded hole to hold machine parts together
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Morphology
The compound combines 'machine' + 'screw' so its basic meaning — a kind of screw used with machines or in machinery — is directly inferable by a learner who knows both words. Technical specifics about thread form or use with nuts are specialist details, but the core referent is compositional and cross-linguistically comparable, making it transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Machine screw comes from the simple idea of a screw made for a machine: a small metal screw with even threads and a head you turn with a screwdriver. Because these screws were made to fit machine parts and nuts, the name now means a screw 'meant to be used with a nut or in a threaded hole'.