Usually means: Resembling a screw in shape.
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  1. screwlike: Merriam-Webster
  2. screwlike: Collins English Dictionary
  3. screwlike: Wiktionary
  4. screwlike: Dictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. screwlike: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (screwlike)

▸ adjective:  Resembling or characteristic of a screw (mechanical fastener).

Similar:
boltlike, rivetlike, suturelike, ratchetlike, socketlike, staplelike, corkscrewlike, scissorlike, bearinglike, wrenchlike, more...

Opposite:
unscrew, unscrewing, unthreaded, non-threaded, smooth

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Similar:
boltlike, rivetlike, suturelike, ratchetlike, socketlike, staplelike, corkscrewlike, scissorlike, bearinglike, wrenchlike, more...

Opposite:
unscrew, unscrewing, unthreaded, non-threaded, smooth



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