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  • 1. thumbscrew
  • 2. thumbscrew
  • Thumbscrew in a sentence
Table of Contents
  • 1. thumbscrew
  • 2. thumbscrew
  • Thumbscrew in a sentence

1. thumbscrew

noun. screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers.

2. thumbscrew

noun. instrument of torture that crushes the thumb.

Sentences with thumbscrew


1. Noun, singular or mass
Turn the thumbscrew all the way in and all the way out to open the can.

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