WOODSCREW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A metal screw that tapers to a point so that it can be driven into wood with a screwdriver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("woodscrew" is a kind of...):

screw (a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "woodscrew"):

lag bolt; lag screw (a heavy woodscrew with a square or hexagonal head that is driven in with a wrench)

screw eye (a woodscrew having its shank bent into a ring)

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