jack nuts

A form of jack nut — A type of nut with a sheet metal body that mushrooms outward, on the far side of the hole through the substrate, when the screw is screwed in, thus providing anchoring with only one-sided access to the hole. It is nearly equivalent to the female portion of a molly bolt.

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noun
  1. pluralplural of jack nut
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