"grub screw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grub screws [plural]
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. Head templates: {{en-noun}} grub screw (plural grub screws)
  1. A headless set screw. Synonyms: set screw Hypernyms: screw Coordinate_terms: worm screw
    Sense id: en-grub_screw-en-noun-Hh6F6~hu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "A headless set screw."
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        {
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    }
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  "word": "grub screw"
}
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          "word": "worm screw"
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        "A headless set screw."
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