screw-on

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [skroo on, awn]
- /skru ɒn, ɔn/
- /skruː ɒn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [skroo on, awn]
- /skru ɒn, ɔn/

Definitions of screw-on word

adjective screw-on attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle. 1
adjective screw-on (of an earring) held on the earlobe by a small screwlike post with a disk at the tip. 1
noun screw-on a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver. 1
noun screw-on a threaded cylindrical pin or rod with a head at one end, engaging a threaded hole and used either as a fastener or as a simple machine for applying power, as in a clamp, jack, etc. Compare bolt1 (def 3). 1
noun screw-on British. a tapped or threaded hole. 1
noun screw-on something having a spiral form. 1

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Origin of screw-on

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30; adj. use of verb phrase screw on

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Parts of speech for Screw-on

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Screw-on

screw-on popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.