Buckle and Screw

Buckle

Buckle noun - Fastener that fastens together two ends of a belt or strap; often has loose prong.

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Screw and buckle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Screw" instead the word "Buckle" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: buck, buckled, buckling, buckler

Screw

Screw noun - A simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole.

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Buckle and screw are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buckle" instead the word "Screw" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: screwy, screwball, screwed, screwing

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How words are described

old	old buckle	old screw
top	top buckle	top screw
large	large buckle	large screw
huge	huge buckle	huge screw
Other adjectives: extra, giant.

Common collocations

money	buckle money	screw money
pants	buckle pants	screw pants

Both words in one sentence

Nothing defines a hero better than his morals, and the biggest sympathy point can be guilt over some monumental screw-up that taught the hero to buckle down and stop taking his job too lightly.

Source: My Greatest Failure
He must be forging the buckle-screw, sir, now. Right.

Source: Sadly Mythtaken

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