lock washer

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   washer that prevents a nut from loosening

   Synonymslockringlock ring

   Broaderwasher

Questions about lock washer

What does lock washer mean?

lock washer means "washer that prevents a nut from loosening".

What is another word for lock washer?

Close synonyms include lockring, lock ring. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lock washer a common word?

lock washer is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.