"screw cap" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: screw caps [plural], screwcap [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} screw cap (plural screw caps)
  1. The cap of a container, especially a bottle or jar, which screws onto the threaded lip of the container. Synonyms: screw top Hypernyms: cap, top, closure Translations (cap of a bottle or jar which screws onto the threaded lip of the container): skruelåg [neuter] (Danish), schroefdop [masculine] (Dutch), kierrekorkki (Finnish), Schraubverschluss (english: bottle) [masculine] (German), Schraubdeckel (english: jar) [masculine] (German), csavaros fedél/kupak (Hungarian), tappo [masculine] (Italian), tappo a vite [masculine] (Italian), tappo filettato [masculine] (Italian), skrukork [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skrukork [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nakrętka [feminine] (Polish), zakrętka [feminine] (Polish), skruvkork [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. (metonymic) The style of closure that has such a cap; a container that has such a cap. Tags: metonymically Synonyms: screw top
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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