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pilot nut

pilot nut noun: a conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole.

Noun

pilot nut (plural pilot nuts)

  1. (bridge building) A conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole.

Forms of pilot nut

pluralpilot nuts

Questions about pilot nut

What does pilot nut mean?
Pilot nut means a conical nut applied temporarily to the threaded end of a pin, to protect the thread and guide the pin when it is driven into a hole.
What part of speech is pilot nut?
Pilot nut is a noun.
What is the plural of pilot nut?
The plural of pilot nut is pilot nuts.

Words near pilot nut in the dictionary

  1. pilot lamps
  2. pilot light
  3. pilot lights
  4. pilot monitoring
  5. pilot not flying
  6. pilot nut
  7. pilot nuts
  8. pilot officer
  9. pilot officers
  10. pilot plant
  11. pilot plants

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