Allen screw

noun

A screw whose head has a hexagonal socket.

“Near-synonym: Allen bolt”

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Meanings

nounAllen screw (plural Allen screws)

plural Allen screws

  1. A screw whose head has a hexagonal socket.

    Near-synonym: Allen bolt

    Synonyms: Allen bolt

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA screw whose head has a hexagonal socket.

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Allen bolt

Origin

From Allen, the name of the Allen Manufacturing Company, and screw.

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Translations

German Inbusschraube, Innensechskantschraube
  • Inbusschraubescrew whose head has a hexagonal socket
  • Innensechskantschraubescrew whose head has a hexagonal socket
Portuguese parafuso sextavado, parafuso Allen
  • parafuso sextavadoscrew whose head has a hexagonal socket
  • parafuso Allenscrew whose head has a hexagonal socket
Turkish alyan başlı vida
  • alyan başlı vidascrew whose head has a hexagonal socket

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with Allen screw

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Cite this entry
APA

Allen screw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allen%20screw

MLA

“Allen screw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allen%20screw. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Allen screw,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Allen%20screw.

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