- a thin nut screwed typically onto or above an ordinary nut to prevent the latter from working loose
- any of various nuts specially designed to resist loosening
Also written lock nut
locknut
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locknut
also lock nut
noun
- A usually thin nut screwed down on another nut to prevent it from loosening.
- A self-locking nut.
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