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screw eye

/ˈskɹu ˌaɪ/

screw eye noun: a screw with a loop on one end and threads on the other end.

screw eye: a screw with a loop on one end and threads on the other end
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Noun

screw eye (plural screw eyes)

  1. A screw with a loop on one end and threads on the other end.

screw eye meaning in Tamil

screw eye in Tamil

திருகுக் கண்

Forms of screw eye

pluralscrew eyes
alternative formeye screw
alternative formeyescrew
alternative formscreweye

Origin of screw eye

From screw + eye.

Questions about screw eye

What does screw eye mean?
Screw eye means a screw with a loop on one end and threads on the other end.
What is screw eye in Tamil?
Screw eye in Tamil is திருகுக் கண். See Screw eye meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is screw eye?
Screw eye is a noun.
How do you pronounce screw eye?
Screw eye is pronounced /ˈskɹu ˌaɪ/.
What is the plural of screw eye?
The plural of screw eye is screw eyes.

Words near screw eye in the dictionary

  1. screw drive
  2. screw driver
  3. screw drives
  4. screw elevator
  5. screw elevators
  6. screw eye
  7. screw eyes
  8. screw head
  9. screw heads
  10. screw it
  11. screw jack

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