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

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

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

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 gigantic screw press stood in the midst of the low vaulted chamber.

From The Poor Plutocrats by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

The screw press has an ordinary square-threaded screw, and it acts in the same way as press for making cider or cheese.

From Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects by John Sutherland Sinclair, Earl of Caithness