🔤 Thumbscrew ✨

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URDU

پیچ، ہتھیلی سے گھمانے والا پیچ، عذاب کا ایک قدیم آلہ
🅰️ Roman Urdu:
pech, hatheli se ghumaane wala pech, azab ka aik qadeem aala
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ENGLISH

📚noun
thumbscrew
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PRONUNCIATION

Standard: /ˈθʌmskruː/
Phonetic: /thum skroo/
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DEFINITION

a screw with a flattened head turned by the thumb and finger; historically an instrument of torture
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

He tightened the small brass thumbscrew on the side of the telescope mount. Historical museums display old iron thumbscrew instruments used in medieval interrogations. Adjusting the equipment required loosening a quick release thumbscrew manually.
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SYNONYMS

wing screw hand screw thumb bolt
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