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say it: SKROO-drahy-vur
screwdriver is a noun meaning "a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw". It is pronounced /ˈskɹuˌdɹaɪvɚ/ — SKROO-drahy-vur. It carries 2 recorded senses.
a hand tool for driving screws; has a tip that fits into the head of a screw
a cocktail made with vodka and orange juice
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for screwdriver come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.