screw-on
Americanadjective
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attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle.
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(of an earring) held on the earlobe by a small screwlike post with a disk at the tip.
Etymology
Origin of screw-on
First recorded in 1925–30; adj. use of verb phrase screw on
Example Sentences
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Some of the inn’s most expensive bottles—from the winemaker Domaine de la Romanée-Conti—had been snatched, replaced by bad replicas with screw-on caps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
It even has a spout with a screw-on, insulated cap.
From The Verge ● Apr. 30, 2019
The embossed glass Mason jar comes with a custom screw-on collar, strainer cap and lid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2014
These grips are so weird These are, quite literally, screw-on putter grips made from exotic animals.
From Golf Digest ● Oct. 16, 2013
I'm going to discard this screw-on arrangement and have a clamp instead, that can be pressed down by the foot.
From Wanderers by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)
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