Plural of screw
regular plural
The plural of screw is screws.
Forms of screw
| Singular | screw /ˈskɹuː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | screws |
| Countable | countable |
Screws in a sentence
- She didn't like my mother, so she made a wax doll and stuck thorns into its legs, and my mother had the screws (rheumatism) in her legs ever since.2000, Jacqueline Simpson, Stephen Roud, A Dictionary of English Folklore
- One of the screws came loose, and the skateboard fell apart.From the entry come
- We replaced the screws, since the old ones unseated too easily.From the entry unseat
- We need to order three gross of torx screws for next week.From the entry gross
- He needed a hammer, nails, screws, nuts, bolts and other assorted hardware, so he went to the hardware store.From the entry hardware
Meaning of screw
- noun A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
- noun A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
- noun A ship's propeller.
Questions about the plural of screw
- What is the plural of screw?
- The plural of screw is screws.
- Is screw countable?
- Screw is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: screw (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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