screw
1
5.1
- noun
- /skruː/
- Specialized
- Kaeser has added the CSD 100 and CSD 125 to its line of rotary screw compressors.
- air-screw
- twin-screw ship
- Archimedes screw
Examples
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Tube-mounted screw pump features a rotating screw with a stationary tube.
Academic text (1996) -
Nowadays, power-driven pumping engines do the job, including one of the largest water screw pumping stations in Europe.
Academic text (2006) -
It's a number 3 Robertson screw.
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The vessel was steered by giving more power to one screw or less to the other.
Fiction book (1991) -
The ship's screw efficiently pushed it through the water, allowing for smooth sailing.
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The aircraft's screw design helped optimize fuel efficiency during flight by utilizing its rotating blades.
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As the screw turned, it propelled the water upwards in a continuous stream for irrigation.
Synonyms
44
3.9
A set of blades that spin to push a boat or plane forward
20
4.6
A part with blades that turns to push a plane or boat forward
1
3.9
A set of blades that spin to push air and move a plane forward
1
5.3
A device with angled blades that turns to push a boat or plane forward
A propeller on a plane that pushes it through the air
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
5.0
A raised spiral on a screw or bolt makes it hold things when you turn it
- Specialized
1
3.7
A metal screw with the same width along its length used with a nut or in a threaded hole
- Specialized
1
3.9
A screw with a cross-shaped slot in its head that you turn with a matching screwdriver
- Specialized
1
6.4
A machine that uses a long turned metal rod to squeeze liquid from solid things
- Specialized
1
5.3
A device with angled blades that turns to push a boat or plane forward
- US
1
6.8
A large strong screw with a square or six-sided head driven with a wrench into wood to hold heavy things
1
3.8
A tool with one movable jaw that you move by turning a screw to hold nuts or bolts
- Specialized
1
5.6
A tool that lifts heavy things by turning a screw, often used to raise a car
- Specialized
1
6.6
A screw with a finished head that you screw into a threaded hole to hold machine parts together
- Specialized
1
6.3
A screw with a six-sided hole in the head that you turn with a hex key
- Specialized
1
5.5
A small metal part with flat side pieces you can turn by hand to hold things together
- Specialized
1
9.8
A dry-land shrub or small tree with spiral seed pods from the US Southwest and Mexico
1
9.3
A tropical tree with strong roots that grow above the ground, long narrow leaves, and conelike edible fruit
- 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 sweet spiral seed pod from a dry-land tree that animals eat or people grind into meal
- 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
How Powerful
- Specialized
1
5.1
44
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
The ship or plane screw is named after the same 'spiral' idea as the metal fastener; when the screw turns it pushes water or air back and so moves the boat or plane forward.