Definitions for Tornillo

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Tornillo tor·nil·lo

Spelling: [tawr-nil-oh, -nee-oh; Spanish tawr- Tornillo is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 149 anagrams from letters in Tornillo (illnoort).

Definitions for Tornillo

noun

1. screw bean.

Origin of Tornillo

1835-45, Americanism; Spanish: screw, clamp, equivalent to torn(o) lathe, gyration (Latin tornus lathe Greek tórnos) + -illo diminutive suffix (Latin -illum)

Examples for Tornillo

Screwbean (Prosopis odorata) is known also as screwpod mesquite, and tornillo.