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stage screw

stage screw noun: a forged, or sometimes cast low thread count cut thread screw with a handle (sometimes made up of three holes) used to hold scenery in place in theaters (mostly prior to the 1990s).

Noun

stage screw (plural stage screws)

  1. A forged, or sometimes cast low thread count cut thread screw with a handle (sometimes made up of three holes) used to hold scenery in place in theaters (mostly prior to the 1990s).

Forms of stage screw

pluralstage screws

Origin of stage screw

stage + screw

Questions about stage screw

What does stage screw mean?
Stage screw means a forged, or sometimes cast low thread count cut thread screw with a handle (sometimes made up of three holes) used to hold scenery in place in theaters (mostly prior to the 1990s).
What part of speech is stage screw?
Stage screw is a noun.
What is the plural of stage screw?
The plural of stage screw is stage screws.

Words near stage screw in the dictionary

  1. stage presence
  2. stage presences
  3. stage race
  4. stage races
  5. stage right
  6. stage screw
  7. stage screws
  8. stage set
  9. stage sets
  10. stage setting
  11. stage settings

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