See jack nut on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "From the idea that the nut is jacked into its deformed (expanded) state by a jackscrew-like action of the screw. In practice this step is often performed with a tool that screws in and backs out again, and then the final mating screw follows afterward.",
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"A type of nut with a sheet metal body that mushrooms outward, on the far side of the hole through the substrate, when the screw is screwed in, thus providing anchoring with only one-sided access to the hole. It is nearly equivalent to the female portion of a molly bolt."
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"(mechanics) A type of nut with a sheet metal body that mushrooms outward, on the far side of the hole through the substrate, when the screw is screwed in, thus providing anchoring with only one-sided access to the hole. It is nearly equivalent to the female portion of a molly bolt."
],
"related": [
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"word": "jackscrew"
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{
"word": "screwjack"
},
{
"word": "well nut"
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"word": "jack nut"
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{
"etymology_text": "From the idea that the nut is jacked into its deformed (expanded) state by a jackscrew-like action of the screw. In practice this step is often performed with a tool that screws in and backs out again, and then the final mating screw follows afterward.",
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"A type of nut with a sheet metal body that mushrooms outward, on the far side of the hole through the substrate, when the screw is screwed in, thus providing anchoring with only one-sided access to the hole. It is nearly equivalent to the female portion of a molly bolt."
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"(mechanics) A type of nut with a sheet metal body that mushrooms outward, on the far side of the hole through the substrate, when the screw is screwed in, thus providing anchoring with only one-sided access to the hole. It is nearly equivalent to the female portion of a molly bolt."
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