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screw
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- pronunciation:
- skru
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A screw is a metal object that holds things together. You push a screw into something by pressing on it while you turn it.
My uncle put up a wooden shelf in my room. He attached the shelf to the wall with screws.
- similar words:
- bolt
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
screws, screwing, screwed |
| definition 1: |
When you screw a light bulb into a lamp, you attach it to the lamp by putting the bulb into the short round tube at the top of the lamp and turning the bulb around many times.
You need to screw the lid on the jar properly if you want to keep the air out.Avery screwed a new light bulb into her lamp.- similar words:
- bolt, wind
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| definition 2: |
When something screws, it attaches by being turned.
The peanut butter jar screws on clockwise. To open it, you have to turn it the other way. |
| derivation: |
screwlike (adj.) |
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