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screwthread

screwthread is the alternative form of screw thread.

Meaning of screw thread

Noun

screw thread (plural screw threads)

  1. A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.
    • An internal screw thread is cut with a "tap", while external screw threads are cut with a "die".

Forms of screwthread

pluralscrewthreads

Questions about screwthread

What is screwthread the alternative form of?
Screwthread is the alternative form of screw thread.

Words near screwthread in the dictionary

  1. screwstones
  2. screwtape
  3. screwtaped
  4. screwtapes
  5. screwtaping
  6. screwthread
  7. screwthreads
  8. screwtop
  9. screwtops
  10. screwup
  11. screwups

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