Phillips screwdriver
English
Alternative forms
- philips screwdriver misspelling of eponymous referent is very common
- phillips screwdriver
Etymology
From Henry F. Phillips, the name of the inventor of the tool and the screws that it is designed to work with, and screwdriver.
Noun
Phillips screwdriver (plural Phillips screwdrivers)
From left to right, a Phillips screwdriver and a flat-blade screwdriver.
- A screwdriver having a cross-shaped tip rather than the rectangular tip of a standard (flat-blade) screwdriver.
Related terms
- phillips head, Phillips head
- phillips head screwdriver, Phillips head screwdriver
- phillips-head, Phillips-head
- phillips-head screwdriver, Phillips-head screwdriver
Translations
screwdriver
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