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Date "TURNSCREW" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | A hand tool fitting the slot in the head of slotted head screws or slotted circular nuts, and used to drive in or withdraw the screws by turning them. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrument | Handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key; turnscrew, screwdriver; knocker. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "TURNSCREW"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kaçavidë (screwdriver). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отверка (screwdriver). (various references) | |
Czech | šroubovák (screwdriver, screw-driver, worm-screw). (various references) | |
Danish | skruetrækker (screwdriver). (various references) | |
Dutch | schroevedraaier (screwdriver). (various references) | |
French | tournevis. (various references) | |
German | Schraubenzieher (screw driver, screwdriver), Schraubendreher (screwdriver). (various references) | |
Greek | κατσαβίδι (screwdriver). (various references) | |
Italian | giravite (screw driver, screwdriver), cacciavite (screw driver, screwdriver, screwer, turn screw). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urnscrewtay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | chave de fendas (spanner). (various references) | |
Romanian | şurubelniţã (Tommy). (various references) | |
Russian | отвертка (screwdriver, screw-driver, turn-screw). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | odvijač (screw jack). (various references) | |
Spanish | destornillador (screwdriver). (various references) | |
Turkish | tornavida (screwdriver). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-n-r-r-s-t-u-w" | |
-1 letter: currents. | |
-2 letters: current, encrust, returns, turners, unscrew. | |
-3 letters: cruets, cruset, curers, curets, curser, curter, eructs, nurser, rectus, recurs, recuts, reruns, return, strewn, truces, tuners, turner, unrest. | |
-4 letters: cents, centu, crest, crews, cruet, cruse, crust, curer, cures, curet, curns, currs, curse, curst, cuter, cutes, ecrus, eruct, nerts, newts, nurse, recur, recut, rents, rerun, ruers, runes. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-n-r-r-s-t-u-w" | |
+4 letters: counterpowers, counterworlds. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Translations: Modern 3. Anagrams 4. Bibliography |
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