screw - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • tighten: Useful for tightening those awkward little screws in glasses.
  • unscrew: Clear Password Take off bottom housing of AcerNote 970 by unscrewing 7 screws.
  • countersink: To allow the fitting to slide in to the housing you may have to countersink this screw.
  • loosen: A ' dumb end ' allows different heads to be fitted, simply by loosening a socket screw.
  • undo: Undo the two screws which secure the bottom of the Atom.

Preposition: down

  • crown: It is water resistant to 200 meters with screw down crown.

Adjective modifier

  • stainless: The ankle was put back on with some good surgery and seven stainless steel screws.
  • allen: The allen screws are just there to steady the pole once the security bolt is pushed through.
  • rust-free: Other features include Stainless steel rust-free screws, plus an anchor kit for fixing down the building to your base or paved area.

Modifies a noun

  • extruder: The usual construction is to use the planetary section for mixing, feeding the compound into a single screw extruder for metering.
  • extruders: At K Battenfeld is showing machines with both planetary and twin screw extruders as the metering stage.
  • thread: Macro lenses usually attach to your housing via a screw thread or an adapter.
  • fixings: If the back of the plate is shaped for the screw fixings, use a countersink tool to bore out a recess for these.
  • conveyor: Other handling systems can be based on screw conveyors or chain and flight conveyors.

Noun used with modifier

  • grub: To change the bulb, simply remove two tiny grub screws with a hexagonal key.
  • self-tapping: Fit the board to the top section of the case, and replace the four self-tapping screws.
  • thumb: I would have preferred it if the screws were thumb screws or at least slightly bigger screws as these ones are tiny.
  • stand-off: The copper or brass stand-off screws come with the case.
  • cork: The ladies will love the wine stopper, and the gents the cork screw.
  • adjuster: An adjuster screw allows you to set V-groove widths very easily.

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