screw conveyor

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noun

a device for moving loose materials, consisting of a shaft with a broad, helically wound blade rotating in a tube or trough.

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Also called worm.

Words nearby screw conveyor

screw auger, screw axis, screwball, screw bean, screw cap, screw conveyor, screwdriver, screwed, screw eye, screw fly, screwhead

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How to use screw conveyor in a sentence

You want less concentration in banking—at least the type that will screw the little guy and imperil the economy?
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And it depends on grand juries who act as a conveyor belt, quickly funneling tens of thousands of young Black men into prison.
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Then they sent me to psychologists and it was like “screw his head on straight.”
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In all honesty she may be handling it better, in terms of not letting it affect her as a person or screw up her life.
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The powdered stone was removed from the hole by giving a screw form to the stem of the bit.
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"I did n't fly off the handle," said the screw, twirling huskily at the end of the screw-shaft.
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At the usual hour that night the employés of Stickle and Screw left work and took their several ways home ward.
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The propeller to be worked by this novel engine was of course his long-idle screw.
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An article in 'The Times' gives in strong contrast the relative value of screw and paddle-wheels as propellers.
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British Dictionary definitions for screw conveyor

screw conveyor

noun

engineering a duct along which material is conveyed by the rotational action of a spiral vane which lies along the length of the ductAlso called: worm conveyor

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