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"A screw with threads along the entire length and no head. Typically, set screws have a hex or slot drive recessed in the threaded length; a grub screw or worm screw."
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"_dis1": "64 6 31",
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"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "vis sans tête"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
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"word": "Gewindestift"
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"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
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"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
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"feminine"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
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"word": "scriú suite"
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"Any screw used to hold or adjust a setting: frequently a set screw (sense 1), but may also be any other machine screw or thumb screw used for the purpose of setting."
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"_dis1": "34 45 22",
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"_dis1": "7 85 8",
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"sense": "screw used to fix or hold a position",
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"word": "vis de blocage"
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"A screw with a head, usually hexagonal, like a bolt but without a shank to allow it to screw into material rather than take a nut; a tap bolt."
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"(New Zealand) A screw with a head, usually hexagonal, like a bolt but without a shank to allow it to screw into material rather than take a nut; a tap bolt."
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"A screw with threads along the entire length and no head. Typically, set screws have a hex or slot drive recessed in the threaded length; a grub screw or worm screw."
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"Any screw used to hold or adjust a setting: frequently a set screw (sense 1), but may also be any other machine screw or thumb screw used for the purpose of setting."
],
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"screw",
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"A screw with a head, usually hexagonal, like a bolt but without a shank to allow it to screw into material rather than take a nut; a tap bolt."
],
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"screw",
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"word": "setscrew"
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vis sans tête"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Gewindestift"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Madenschraube"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
"tags": [
"Austria",
"feminine"
],
"word": "Wurmschraube"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scriú suite"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "screw with threads along the entire length and no head",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bís shuite"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "screw used to fix or hold a position",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vis de blocage"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "screw used to adjust a setting",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "vis de réglage"
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"word": "set screw"
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