Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

capstan screw

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: cap-stan screw
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of screw commonly used to regulate the height of the action in a piano.

noun

Mainly on sailboats, the mechanism for winding ropes under a lot of tension; a capstan.

Inflected Forms

capstan screws (plural)

Questions

What does capstan screw mean?: A type of screw commonly used to regulate the height of the action in a piano.

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