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grub screw

grub screw noun: a headless set screw.

grub screw: a headless set screw
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Noun

grub screw (plural grub screws)

  1. A headless set screw.
    Synonyms:
    set screw

grub screw meaning in Tamil

grub screw in Tamil

முட்டுத் திருகாணி, மூட்டுத் திருகாணி, மூட்டுத்திருகாணி

Synonyms of grub screw

Forms of grub screw

pluralgrub screws

Origin of grub screw

From a fancied resemblance to a grub (insect larva), both in appearance and in the way that it can go down a hole as if down into a burrow.

Questions about grub screw

What does grub screw mean?
Grub screw means a headless set screw.
What is grub screw in Tamil?
Grub screw in Tamil is முட்டுத் திருகாணி, மூட்டுத் திருகாணி, மூட்டுத்திருகாணி. See Grub screw meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is grub screw?
Grub screw is a noun.
What is the plural of grub screw?
The plural of grub screw is grub screws.

Words near grub screw in the dictionary

  1. grub and bub
  2. grub hoe
  3. grub hoes
  4. grub hut
  5. grub out
  6. grub screw
  7. grub screws
  8. Grub Street
  9. grub up
  10. grub-saw
  11. grub-saws

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Adapted from Wiktionary: grub screw (page history and authors); grub screw (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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