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| lag screw |
a heavy wood screw with a hexagonal or square bolt head that is turned by a wrench. |
| monkey wrench |
a wrench with one movable jaw that can be adjusted with a screw to fit nuts of various sizes. |
| socket wrench |
a box wrench with a rounded socket that fits over a nut or bolt of a particular size and shape. |
| Stillson wrench |
trademark for a wrench having a pivoted jaw, affixed to the handle, that tightens around the object it holds as pressure is applied to the handle. |
| tear2 |
to snatch or wrench away forcefully. [1/12 definitions] |
| torque wrench |
a wrench that indicates how much torque has been applied in tightening a nut, bolt, or the like. |
| twist |
to wrench or sprain. [2/19 definitions] |
| wrest |
the act of wresting; wrench; twist. [1/3 definitions] |
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