flathead screwdriver

noun

plural flathead screwdrivers
: a screwdriver featuring a single flat blade that is designed to be used with a screw that has a straight slot across its top compare phillips screwdriver

Examples of flathead screwdriver in a Sentence

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For tight corners, wrap the head of a flathead screwdriver in a microfiber cloth. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025 Features shared by both models into a fold-out M390 steel cutting blade; a flathead screwdriver; a bottle opener; a retractable black ballpoint pen; an 8-cm ruler; a rope cutter; and an automotive window-glass-breaking stud. New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025 The minor was allegedly found with a stun gun and a flathead screwdriver, a tool often used in car thefts, Murgo said. Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2025 To remove anything securing the cardboard together, either use a sharp tool, such as a box cutter, to carefully perforate the tape at the edges, or use a flathead screwdriver to pop out staples. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 7 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flathead screwdriver was in 1967

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“Flathead screwdriver.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flathead%20screwdriver. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.

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