setscrews

Meaning of setscrews

noun
  1. A screw with threads along the entire length and no head. Typically, set screws have a hex or slot drive recessed in the threaded length; a grub screw or worm screw.
  2. Any screw used to hold or adjust a setting: frequently a set screw (sense 1), but may also be any other machine screw or thumb screw used for the purpose of setting.
  3. (NZ) A screw with a head, usually hexagonal, like a bolt but without a shank to allow it to screw into material rather than take a nut; a tap bolt.

Information about setscrews

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of setscrews is: setscrew.
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Hyphenation of setscrews

setscrews

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
  • setscrews is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with setscrews

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