English Explanatory Dictionary

grub screw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A headless set screw.

Word forms

grub screw grub screws

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.

Synonyms

set screw
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