screw thread

noun

A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.

“An internal screw thread is cut with a "tap", while external screw threads are cut with a "die".”

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Meanings

nounscrew thread (plural screw threads)

plural screw threads

  1. engineeringA helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.

    An internal screw thread is cut with a "tap", while external screw threads are cut with a "die".

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe raised helical rib going around a screw

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian резба́
  • резба́ (rezbá)helical ridge or groove
Catalan solc
  • solchelical ridge or groove
Chinese Mandarin 螺紋 /螺纹, 螺牙
  • 螺紋 /螺纹 (luówén)helical ridge or groove
  • 螺牙 (luóyá)helical ridge or groove
Czech závit
  • závithelical ridge or groove
Dutch schroefdraad, draad
  • schroefdraadhelical ridge or groove
  • draadhelical ridge or groove
Esperanto ŝraŭbkanelo
  • ŝraŭbkanelohelical ridge or groove
Finnish kierre
  • kierrehelical ridge or groove
French filetage, filet
  • filetagehelical ridge or groove
  • filethelical ridge or groove
German Gewinde, Gewindegang
  • Gewindehelical ridge or groove
  • Gewindeganghelical ridge or groove
Greek σπείρωμα, πάσο
  • σπείρωμα (speíroma)helical ridge or groove
  • πάσο (páso)helical ridge or groove
Hungarian menet, csavarmenet
  • menethelical ridge or groove
  • csavarmenethelical ridge or groove
Indonesian drat
  • drathelical ridge or groove
Italian filetto
  • filettohelical ridge or groove
Māori ngauwiri
  • ngauwirihelical ridge or groove
Norwegian Bokmål gjenge
  • gjengehelical ridge or groove
Persian رزوه
  • رزوه (rezve)helical ridge or groove
Polish gwint
  • gwinthelical ridge or groove
Portuguese rosca
  • roscahelical ridge or groove
Romanian filet
  • filethelical ridge or groove
Russian резьба́, наре́зка
  • резьба́ (rezʹbá)helical ridge or groove
  • наре́зка (narézka)helical ridge or groove
Spanish rosca, filete
  • roscahelical ridge or groove
  • filetehelical ridge or groove
Swedish gänga
  • gängahelical ridge or groove
Tagalog roskas
  • roskashelical ridge or groove
Ukrainian різьба́
  • різьба́ (rizʹbá)helical ridge or groove
Cite this entry
APA

screw thread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screw%20thread

MLA

“screw thread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screw%20thread. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “screw thread,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/screw%20thread.

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