screw
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1.2
- noun
- /skruː/
:
tornillo
- I've replaced most of the wood screws with actual machine screws.
- tighten the screws
- screw threads
- screw head
Examples
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Chips of wood, rusty nails, and screws came flying out of the shed window into the yard.
Fiction book (1996) -
As you can see, the threads on this screw are almost entirely gone.
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Can you see the little cross head screw there?
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So this is just held on by a little screw right here.
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The good news is the screw is halfway in.
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Lift up on it and then ease the screw out.
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And all it had taken was removing one vital screw so the safety lock would fall away.
Fiction book (1992) -
Take the screws out, turn the handle around, and seal the window off.
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Sometimes gears and screws get rusty or need to be replaced, cleaned, or repaired.
Academic text (1991) -
Make sure to tighten the screw firmly to secure the shelf in place.
Synonyms
1
2.8
A small metal piece with a spiral thread that you turn to hold things together
1
3.7
A metal screw with the same width along its length used with a nut or in a threaded hole
A screw with a finished head that you screw into a threaded hole to hold machine parts together
A small screw often without a head that holds one part tightly against another
A metal screw with a sharp point and coarse threads for driving into wood with a screwdriver
A large strong screw with a square or six-sided head driven with a wrench into wood to hold heavy things
A screw with a cross-shaped slot in its head that you turn with a matching screwdriver
A screw with a six-sided hole in the head that you turn with a hex key
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.7
A metal screw with the same width along its length used with a nut or in a threaded hole
- Specialized
A screw with a finished head that you screw into a threaded hole to hold machine parts together
- US
A large strong screw with a square or six-sided head driven with a wrench into wood to hold heavy things
- Specialized
A screw with a cross-shaped slot in its head that you turn with a matching screwdriver
- Specialized
A tool that lifts heavy things by turning a screw, often used to raise a car
- Archaic
A long round object with rotating fins that measures how fast a ship moves in water
- Specialized
A kind of orchid that has tall stems and a spiral of small white, sweet-smelling flowers
- Specialized
A dry-land shrub or small tree with spiral seed pods from the US Southwest and Mexico
- Specialized
A sweet spiral seed pod from a dry-land tree that animals eat or people grind into meal
A tropical tree with strong roots that grow above the ground, long narrow leaves, and conelike edible fruit
- Specialized
A machine that uses a long turned metal rod to squeeze liquid from solid things
- Specialized
A device with angled blades that turns to push a boat or plane forward
- Specialized
A raised spiral on a screw or bolt makes it hold things when you turn it
- Specialized
A group of woody plants including Pandanus and similar species with long fibrous leaves
- Australian
A tropical plant with long strong leaves people use to weave mats and hats
- Specialized
A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together
How Strong
- US
85
1.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Screw comes from an old word for a 'twist' or 'spiral'. A screw is a metal 'spiral' that pulls things together when you turn it, which is why we use screws to fasten things.