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# screwdriver

«screwdriver» in Mova's school dictionary: **a tool with a handle and a metal tip that fits into the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a screwdriver, screwdrivers)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A screwdriver is a tool with a handle and a metal tip that fits into the top of a screw, used to turn screws in or out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screwdriver/#m1)

2) Common types: a flat-head screwdriver and a Phillips (cross-head) screwdriver. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screwdriver/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and design-and-technology lessons, a screwdriver is used to build furniture, open battery covers on toys and fix things. Rule: «righty-tighty, lefty-loosey» — turn clockwise to tighten, anticlockwise to loosen. Phrases: «a Phillips screwdriver», «use a screwdriver», «undo the screw».

### examples

- Pass me the screwdriver, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screwdriver/#x1)
- Use a small screwdriver to open the battery cover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screwdriver/#x2)
- Turn the screwdriver clockwise to tighten the screw. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screwdriver/#x3)
- Dad needed a cross-head screwdriver for the shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screwdriver/#x4)
- Never use a screwdriver near a plug socket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screwdriver/#x5)
- We built the bookcase with a screwdriver and a hammer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screwdriver/#x6)

### note

Countable: screwdriver, screwdrivers; one word, «screw» + «driver». Choose the right tip size or the screw will get damaged. Never poke a screwdriver into electrical sockets or appliances.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «screwdriver» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/screwdriver/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.