screw hook

noun

1. a hook having a shank in the form of a screw.

Word History and Origins

Origin of screw hook¹

First recorded in 1680–90

Example Sentences

The Boston collection, which also includes a screw hook, a tiny doll hand and a sardine tin key, is a tribute to late Children’s Hospital physician Charles Ferguson, who worked there for 35 years and removed most of the items himself.

From Washington Times

Kim inserts a screw hook into the trunk and hangs the 31/2-inch-long bolt of ash off the hook with a zip tie.

From Washington Times

The boom was a pole 11 feet long attached to the mast by means of a screw hook threaded into the end of the boom and hooked into a screw eye on the mast, after which the screw hook was Fig.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Wall's watch, hanging from a screw hook in the door, told them that they still had ten minutes.

From Project Gutenberg

A knot should be tied in the rope at the right place, to keep it from running out of the pulley while the pail is lowered to be filled with water, and a loop made in the end, which is placed over a screw hook turned into the wall.

From Project Gutenberg