noun / verb
screw
SKROO/skrˈu/
A spirally threaded implement working by rotation.
The metal screw sits partly driven into a small wooden block.
Etymology
From a word for a nut or cylindrical socket, screw first named an apparatus for lifting or pressing. The name was later applied to the spiral-ridged fastener used to join materials.
In context
when you're threading it and that way you can uh have the threads easily or the screw threads go in easily into the standoffs
More examples
- She screws the lid tightly onto the jar.
- A rotating screw lifts water from the canal.
- The ship's screw pushes it through the water.
- He screws his face into a puzzled frown.
Forms
screw · screws · screwed · screwing
unscrew verb — To loosen or remove by turning.