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lead screw

lead screw is the alternative spelling of leadscrew.

Meaning of leadscrew

Noun

leadscrew (plural leadscrews)

  1. A screw designed to translate turning motion into linear motion.
    • Leadscrews are commonly used in vices, presses, and jacks.

Forms of lead screw

plurallead screws

Questions about lead screw

What is lead screw the alternative spelling of?
Lead screw is the alternative spelling of leadscrew.

Words near lead screw in the dictionary

  1. lead poisoners
  2. lead poisoning
  3. lead poisonings
  4. lead sandwich
  5. lead sandwiches
  6. lead screw
  7. lead screws
  8. lead sheet
  9. lead sheets
  10. lead shot
  11. lead singer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lead screw (page history and authors); leadscrew (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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