Phillips head

English

Phillips head screw and screwdriver

Alternative forms

• phillips head
• phillips-head
• Phillips-head

Etymology

From Phillips head screwdriver and Phillips head screw, by shortening; eponymous of Henry F. Phillips of Portland, OR, the inventor of the '+' shaped socket for screws.

Noun

Phillips head (plural Phillips heads)

1. A screwdriver with a '+' shaped head for turning screws so socketed.
2. A screw turned by such a screwdriver.

Hypernyms

• screwdriver
• screw

Coordinate terms

• flathead
• flathead screw
• flathead screwdriver
• hex head
• Robertson head
• square head
• TORX head

Related terms

• Phillips head screwdriver
• Phillips head screw

Translations

screwdriver

• Catalan: tornavís d'estrella m, tornavís Phillips m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十字頭螺絲刀 / 十字头螺丝刀 (shízìtóu luósīdāo)

• Dutch: kruiskop (nl) c
• Finnish: ristipääruuvimeisseli
• German: Kreuzschlitzschraubendreher (de) m
• Italian: cacciavite a stella m, cacciavite a croce m
• Japanese: プラスドライバー (purasu doraibā)
• Russian: кресто́вая отвёртка f (krestóvaja otvjórtka)

screw

• Catalan: caragol de cap Phillips m, caragol d'estrella m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 十字頭螺絲釘 / 十字头螺丝钉 (shízìtóu luósīdīng)

• Dutch: kruiskopschroef (nl) c
• Finnish: ristikantaruuvi
• German: Kreuzschlitzschraube f
• Italian: vite a stella f, vite a croce
• Japanese: プラスネジ (purasu neji)
• Russian: винт для кресто́вой отвёртки m (vint dlja krestóvoj otvjórtki)