wood screw
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wood screw
First recorded in 1725–35
Example Sentences
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The brothers’ disquieting art films are largely created with stop-motion animation, whereby the illusion of movement is achieved by painstakingly nudging each oddment — say, a puppet or a wood screw — within a scene.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2010
His routine is as inflexible as a brass-plated wood screw.
From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2010
But the National Machine Co. of Tiffin, Ohio, exporter of wood screw machines since 1935, is now working on new models that are better than those exported.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some of the methods of Barney Baruch's World War I Industries Board have been adopted to good advantage: wood screw manufacturers have agreed to eliminate 507 of the 885 sizes and types they now make.
From Time Magazine Archive
The other binding post is connected with the wood screw, D, which conducts the current into the cannon, and also holds the pieces of wood, A and B, in position.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
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