pressure screw
41screw */ — I UK [skruː] / US [skru] verb Word forms screw : present tense I/you/we/they screw he/she/it screws present participle screwing past tense screwed past participle screwed 1) [transitive] to fasten one thing to another using screws Next screw the… …
42Screw cap — A screw cap or closure is a common type of closure for bottles, jars, and tubes. Common screw closures: Plastic bottle with plastic screw cap, Dispensing closure for salad dressing (with inner seal), Break away closure for syrup, Dispensing pump… …
43screw — {{11}}screw (n.) c.1400, from M.Fr. escroue nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole, of uncertain etymology; not found in other Romanic languages. Perhaps via Gallo Romance *scroba or W.Gmc. *scruva from V.L. scrobis screw head groove, in classical… …
44screw — Synonyms and related words: Procrustean bed, airscrew, anamorphism, anamorphosis, apply pressure, articulate, ask, ask for, asymmetry, badger, ball, batten, batten down, be intimate, beat, bed of Procrustes, begrudge, beguile of, bend, bilk,… …
45screw — skruË n. metal fastener with a spiral grooved shaft; act of twisting or rotating; propeller; coercive pressure; sexual intercourse (Slang); miser, scrooge; old worn out horse; salary, wages (British Slang); prison guard, warden v. attach with a… …
46Screw gun — A screw gun is a tool used to install sheetrock, also known as drywall. Screw guns look like a normal drill although they have a nose as opposed to a chuck. The nose holds an interchangeable 1/4 inch shank bit {commonly known as a tip}. Most… …
47screw press — noun or screw punch : a press having a ram that is forced downward by the turning of a spindle with a steep pitched thread * * * a device for applying pressure by the turning of a threaded shaft. [1680 90] * * * screw press noun (engineering) A… …
48Screw pile — Pile Pile, n. [AS. p[=i]l arrow, stake, L. pilum javelin; but cf. also L. pila pillar.] 1. A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support …
49screw — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. spiral, helix, volute; twist; propeller, prop, jack; pressure, coercion; extortionist, niggard, skinflint; slang, jailer, turnkey. See rotation, connection, prison. screw up II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …
50screw jack — noun Date: 1719 a screw operated jack for lifting, exerting pressure, or adjusting position (as of a machine part) …
