Phrase guide

screw thread

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • An internal screw thread is cut with a "tap", while external screw threads are cut with a "die".

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the raised helical rib going around a screw

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: thread

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rib

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: резба́ (rezbá) — helical ridge or groove
  • Catalan: solc — helical ridge or groove
  • Chinese: 牙 (gâ) — helical ridge or groove
  • Chinese Mandarin: 螺紋 /螺纹 (luówén) — helical ridge or groove
  • Chinese Mandarin: 螺牙 (luóyá) — helical ridge or groove
  • Czech: závit — helical ridge or groove
  • Dutch: schroefdraad — helical ridge or groove
  • Dutch: draad — helical ridge or groove
  • Esperanto: ŝraŭbkanelo — helical ridge or groove
  • Finnish: kierre — helical ridge or groove
  • French: filetage — helical ridge or groove
  • French: filet — helical ridge or groove
  • Galician: rosca — helical ridge or groove
  • German: Gewinde — helical ridge or groove
  • German: Gewindegang — helical ridge or groove
  • Greek: σπείρωμα (speíroma) — helical ridge or groove
  • Greek: πάσο (páso) — helical ridge or groove
  • Hungarian: menet — helical ridge or groove
  • Hungarian: csavarmenet — helical ridge or groove
  • Indonesian: drat — helical ridge or groove
  • Italian: filetto — helical ridge or groove
  • Macedonian: на́вој (návoj) — helical ridge or groove
  • Māori: ngauwiri — helical ridge or groove
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjenge — helical ridge or groove
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gjenge — helical ridge or groove
  • Persian: رزوه (rezve) — helical ridge or groove
  • Polish: gwint — helical ridge or groove
  • Portuguese: rosca — helical ridge or groove
  • Romanian: filet — helical ridge or groove
  • Russian: резьба́ (rezʹbá) — helical ridge or groove
  • Russian: наре́зка (narézka) — helical ridge or groove
  • Spanish: rosca — helical ridge or groove
  • Spanish: filete — helical ridge or groove
  • Swedish: gänga — helical ridge or groove
  • Tagalog: roskas — helical ridge or groove
  • Ukrainian: різьба́ (rizʹbá) — helical ridge or groove