Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grub screw

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.09 in modern English

Syllables: grub screw
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A headless set screw.

Etymology

From a fancied resemblance to a grub (insect larva), both in appearance and in the way that it can go down a hole as if down into a burrow.

Inflected Forms

grub screws (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

worm screw

Synonyms

set screw

Questions

What does grub screw mean?: A headless set screw.
Where does grub screw come from?: From a fancied resemblance to a grub (insect larva), both in appearance and in the way that it can go down a hole as if down into a burrow.

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