verb [VN]
1 to undo sth by twisting or turning it; to become undone in this way:
[VN] I can't unscrew the lid of this jar. [also V]
OPPSCREWSTHUP
2 to take the screws out of sth:
You'll have to unscrew the handles to paint the door.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for unscrew is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does unscrew appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — unscrew appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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