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schroef.

screw (fastener)

7 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/sxruf/
  1. screw (fastener)

    feminine · masculine
  2. a ship's propeller

    feminine · masculine
  3. an Archimedes screw

    feminine · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle French escroue, from Latin scrōfa (“female pig”) through comparison with the corkscrew shape of a pig's penis. Compare Old French escruve, from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; whence Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)).

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