Allen key

Allen + key, from the name of the Allen Manufacturing Company.

• IPA^(key): /ˈælən kiː/

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Allen key (plural Allen keys)

2. Synonym of hex head wrench.

• Allen screw
• Allen bolt

• “Allen key”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “Allen key”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Allen key”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Allen key”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

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