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screw-in

screw-in adjective: able to be screwed into a threaded hole.

Adjective

screw-in (not comparable)

  1. Able to be screwed into a threaded hole.
    • Rather than burning out as incandescent bulbs do, L.E.D.’s light output dims over tens of thousands of hours. L.E.D.’s are also more resistant to vibration than incandescents or screw-in fluorescent bulbs, and do not flicker or hum.2007 March 1, Matthew L. Wald, “Room to Improve”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2017

Questions about screw-in

What does screw-in mean?
Screw-in means able to be screwed into a threaded hole.
What part of speech is screw-in?
Screw-in is an adjective.

Words near screw-in in the dictionary

  1. screw wrenches
  2. screw you
  3. screw you, I got mine
  4. screw yous
  5. screw, nut and bolt
  6. screw-in
  7. screw-off
  8. screw-offs
  9. screw-pile lighthouse
  10. screw-pile lighthouses
  11. screw-pod mesquite

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