screw
A device that has a helical function.
Other meanings
A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
A kind of
- inclined plane
Related words
- screw base
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "scrōfa" (female pig).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “screw” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.