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 →

2) Common types: a flat-head screwdriver and a Phillips (cross-head) screwdriver. tree →

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 →
• Use a small screwdriver to open the battery cover. tree →
• Turn the screwdriver clockwise to tighten the screw. tree →
• Dad needed a cross-head screwdriver for the shelf. tree →
• Never use a screwdriver near a plug socket. tree →
• We built the bookcase with a screwdriver and a hammer. tree →

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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.