screw press

American  

noun

1. a device for applying pressure by the turning of a threaded shaft.

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Etymology

Origin of screw press

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

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screw press

All family resemblance has died out, although the printing machine is certainly a development of the little screw press.

From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton

The screw press distributes the pressure more evenly with less injury to the fruit and is more powerful.

From Apple Growing by Burritt, M. C.

The frames are then placed one on top of the other, and to make the connection between them air-tight, pressed together in a screw press.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 by Various

Expression is the simplest and most usually adopted process; the cleaned kernels are well bruised, placed in cloth bags, and compressed in a powerful lever and screw press.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

A lard press made of cylindrical perforated metal, with a screw press to be mounted on a small bench.

From Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17 by Schlebecker, John T.