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screw cap
noun
- a cap designed to screw onto the threaded mouth of a bottle, jar, or the like.
screw cap
noun
- a cap that screws on to a thread around the opening of a jar, bottle, etc to form a seal
- ( as modifier )
screw-cap wines
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Word History and Origins
Origin of screw cap1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
These pieces are inclosed in a nickelized copper box provided with a screw cap, C.
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The tube b is closed at top with a screw cap, which can be taken off at pleasure, to permit the interior to be cleansed.
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Beneath the lantern there is a cylindrical box provided with a screw cap.
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She found the glass tube with the screw cap, and swallowed one of the tablets with a little water.
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An atomizer bulb, attached to a short copper or brass tube soldered into a metal screw-cap, is fitted to the vial.
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