hand screw
hand screw
H h Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [hand skroo]
- /hænd skru/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [hand skroo]
- /hænd skru/
Definitions of hand screw words
- noun hand screw a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool. 1
- noun hand screw Also called hand-screw clamp. Carpentry. a clamp having two wooden jaws that are adjusted by two long screws. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of hand screw
First appearance:
before 1755 One of the 47% newest English words
First recorded in 1755-65
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hand screw
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hand screw popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
hand screw usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSee also
Matching words
- Words starting with h
- Words starting with ha
- Words starting with han
- Words starting with hand
- Words starting with hands
- Words starting with handsc
- Words starting with handscr
- Words starting with handscre
- Words starting with handscrew