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screw cap

noun

  1. a cap designed to screw onto the threaded mouth of a bottle, jar, or the like.


screw cap

noun

    1. a cap that screws on to a thread around the opening of a jar, bottle, etc to form a seal
    2. ( as modifier )

      screw-cap wines

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of screw cap1

First recorded in 1870–75

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