A round cap or lid that can be screwed on to a bottle or jar.
（瓶或罐的）螺旋盖；螺旋塞
as modifiera screw-top coffee jar
Example sentencesExamples
This precious substance was carefully picked off the plant and dropped into a bicycle repair tin with a lid or into a Marmite jar with a screw top.
A litany of cork problems has built to such a point that frustration alone could well determine the speed with which we switch to the practical screw top.
‘I was changing the fuel bottle on my stove, and on opening the screw top, the fuel sprayed out under high pressure all over the tent,’ the 35-year-old Horn said.
Honestly, they should put some kind of warning on the bottle if they're going to hide a screw top under the pretty festive wrapping where the cork should be.
In turns of sealing the bottle best, a screw top probably does a better job than a cork, but there is a bit of a problem with perception.
Derivatives
screw-topped
adjective
Spoon the pesto into a screw-topped jar, seal and store in the fridge for up to one week.
Example sentencesExamples
Jeremy's great, great grandfather was the inventor of screw-topped, rubber-sealed jars.
The solution was added to a screw-topped glass vial and then ultrasonicated until the solution clarified.
Put the sub-sample in a pint-sized plastic, screw-topped container that can be tightly closed.
To save it for cooking, pour it in a small screw-topped jar to keep out as much air as possible.
Definition of screw top in US English:
screw top
nounˈskro͞o ˌtäp
as modifiera screw-top coffee jar
another term for screw cap
Example sentencesExamples
Honestly, they should put some kind of warning on the bottle if they're going to hide a screw top under the pretty festive wrapping where the cork should be.
This precious substance was carefully picked off the plant and dropped into a bicycle repair tin with a lid or into a Marmite jar with a screw top.
‘I was changing the fuel bottle on my stove, and on opening the screw top, the fuel sprayed out under high pressure all over the tent,’ the 35-year-old Horn said.
In turns of sealing the bottle best, a screw top probably does a better job than a cork, but there is a bit of a problem with perception.
A litany of cork problems has built to such a point that frustration alone could well determine the speed with which we switch to the practical screw top.