κοχλίας — meaning in English

English meaning

• screw noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
• volute noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

Senses

κοχλίας is used for these senses in English:

• screw A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
• volute (architectural element) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.

screw — full definition

1. noun A metal fastener with a spiral thread, driven in with a twisting motion to hold materials together.
2. noun A ship's propeller.
3. verb To attach or fasten something using a screw, or by twisting it into place.
4. verb (informal) To cheat, mistreat, or ruin things for someone.
5. noun (slang) A prison guard.

volute — full definition

1. noun The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
2. noun The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
3. noun Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
4. noun The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.

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