Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Screw Key

Definition: Screw Key

Screw Key

Noun

1. A wrench for turning a screw.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Screw Key

DomainDefinitions

Mechanical Engineering

A hand tool for gripping and turning a nut or the head of a bolt or screw. It consists of a handle at the end of which is either a female part-two jaws or a sleeve-or a male part-an extremity of polygonal section or one or two hook-like projections. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     



.

Crosswords: Screw Key

English words defined with "screw key": Screw bolt. (references)
Specialty definitions using "screw key": ALIGNER, TYPEWRITERFILLING-AND-STAPLING-MACHINE OPERATORhex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon socket-type screw, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, hollow head set screw, hollow screwkey for hexagonal socket screwsSCREW, socket head screw, socket screw, socket screw key, socketed screw, socket-headed screwWIRER, SUBASSEMBLIES, wrench for hexagon socketed screws. (references)

Top     

Expressions: Screw Key

Expressions using "screw key": hex socket screw key socket screw key. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Top     

Modern Translations: Screw Key

Language Translations for "screw key"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

skruenoegle (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

schroefsleutel (adjustable end wrench, adjustable open-end wrench, adjustable wrench, Clyburn, Clyburn spanner, Crescent adjustable wrench, Crescent transversely adjustable, Crescent wrench transversely adjustable, nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench), moersleutel (adjustable wrench, nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kuusiokoloavain (hex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, key for hexagonal socket screws, wrench for hexagon socketed screws), koloavain (Allen key, insertion spanner, key, key for socket screws, socket screw key, wrench for socketed screws, wrench key). (various references)

   

French

  

clef (screw wrench), clé de serrage (screw wrench), clé écrous (screw wrench), clé (screw wrench). (various references)

   

German

  

Spannschluessel (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench), Schraubenschlüssel (adjustable wrench, nut wrench, screw wrench, screw-wrench, spanner, spanners, wrench), Schluessel (key, nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κλειδί σύσφιξης (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references)

   

Italian

  

chiave per dadi (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ewscray eykay

   

Portuguese

  

chave para sextavado interior (hex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, key for hexagonal socket screws, wrench for hexagon socketed screws), chave macho (Allen key, insertion spanner, key, key for socket screws, socket screw key, wrench for socketed screws, wrench key). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

llave de ajuste (nut wrench, screw wrench, spanner, wrench). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

insexnyckel (Allen key, hex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, insertion spanner, key, key for hexagonal socket screws, key for socket screws, socket screw key, wrench for hexagon socketed screws, wrench for socketed screws, wrench key), 6-kantnyckel (Allen key, hex key, hex socket screw key, hexagon wrench, hexagon wrench key, insertion spanner, key, key for hexagonal socket screws, key for socket screws, socket screw key, wrench for hexagon socketed screws, wrench for socketed screws, wrench key). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Top     

Anagrams: Screw Key

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-k-r-s-w-y"

-2 letters: creeks, kersey, rekeys, screwy, skewer, wrecks.

-3 letters: ceres, creek, crews, esker, ewers, eyers, eyres, recks, reeks, reeky, rekey, resew, rykes, scree, screw, sewer, sweer, sycee, weeks, wreck, yerks.

-4 letters: cees, cere, crew, eery, ekes, ewer, ewes, eyer, eyes, eyre, keys, reck, recs, reek, rees, ryes, ryke, scry, seek, seer, sere, skee, skew, syce, syke, week, weer, wees, were, wyes, yerk, yews.

-5 letters: cee, cry, eke, ere, ers, ewe, eye, key, rec, ree, res, rye, sec, see, ser, sew, sky, wee, wry, wye, yes, yew.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Top     

Alternative Orthography: Screw Key


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

53 63 72 65 77      4B 65 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010011 01100011 01110010 01100101 01110111 00100000 01001011 01100101 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#99 &#114 &#101 &#119 &#32 &#75 &#101 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0063 0072 0065 0077      004B 0065 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

53698471892457191

Top     

 

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.