screw-on

[ skroo-on, -awn ]

adjective

1. attached, connected, or closed by screwing onto another part of a container or receptacle.
2. (of an earring) held on the earlobe by a small screwlike post with a disk at the tip.

Word History and Origins

Origin of screw-on¹

First recorded in 1925–30; adj. use of verb phrase screw on

Example Sentences

The surest preventive against falling off is to have screw-on gauges.

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