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self-tapping screws

self-tapping screws is the plural of self-tapping screw.

Meaning of self-tapping screw

Noun

self-tapping screw (plural self-tapping screws)

  1. A screw, with a hardened thread, that forms its own internal thread when driven into a relatively soft material (such as sheet metal).

Questions about self-tapping screws

What is self-tapping screws the plural of?
Self-tapping screws is the plural of self-tapping screw.

Words near self-tapping screws in the dictionary

  1. self-tacking jib boom
  2. self-talk
  3. self-tanner
  4. self-tapping
  5. self-tapping screw
  6. self-tapping screws
  7. self-taught
  8. self-terminate
  9. self-terminated
  10. self-terminates
  11. self-terminating

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