machine screw

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noun

a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 millimeters) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.

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How to use machine screw in a sentence

It was a small inconvenience, but they were easily replaced with a few machine screws and nuts.
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The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
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They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.
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“If BMW is ‘the ultimate driving machine,’ your Anthem is the ultimate differentiator,” writes Hogshead.
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You want less concentration in banking—at least the type that will screw the little guy and imperil the economy?
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The resulting Wool Runners were comfortable, eco-friendly, machine-washable, and super cute—and sold out almost immediately.
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The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
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A little black girl sat on the floor, and with her hands worked the treadle of the machine.
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The sewing-machine made a resounding clatter in the room; it was of a ponderous, by-gone make.
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The machine penetrated everywhere, thrusting aside with its gigantic arm the feeble efforts of handicraft.
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"I have a letter somewhere," looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket.
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British Dictionary definitions for machine screw

machine screw

noun

a fastening screw with a machine-cut thread throughout the length of its shank

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