Screw
A screw, or bolt, is a type of fastener characterized by a helical ridge, known as an external thread or just thread, wrapped around a cylinder. Some screw threads are designed to mate with a complementary thread, known as an internal thread, often in the form of a nut or an object that has the internal thread formed into it. Other screw threads are designed to cut a helical groove in a softer material as the screw is inserted. The most common uses of screws are to hold objects together and to position objects.
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Famous quotes containing the word screw:
““Cham” is the only thing to screw one up when one is down a peg.”
—Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)
“Oh come home soon, I write to her.
Go screw yourself, is her answer.
Now what is that, for Christian word?
I hope she feeds on dried goose turd.”
—Robert Creeley (b. 1926)
“But screw your courage to the sticking-place
And we’ll not fail.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)