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spanner
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spanner has 1 sense
- spanner(n = noun.artifact) wrench - a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt; Array has particulars: adjustable spanner, adjustable wrench, allen wrench, alligator wrench, box end wrench, box wrench, brace wrench, bulldog wrench, carriage wrench, dog wrench, hook spanner, hook wrench, lug wrench, open-end wrench, tappet wrench, pin wrench, screw key, socket wrench, sparkplug wrench, tap wrench, torque wrench
is a kind of hand tool
has parts: jaw
CIDE DICTIONARY
spanner, n.
- One who, or that which, spans. [1913 Webster]
- The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself. [1913 Webster]
- An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and used as a lever to turn it with; a wrench; specifically, a wrench for unscrewing or tightening the couplings of hose. [1913 Webster]
- A contrivance in some of the earlier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spanner, n.
1 Brit. an instrument for turning or gripping a nut on a screw etc. (cf. WRENCH).
2 the cross-brace of a bridge etc.
1 Brit. an instrument for turning or gripping a nut on a screw etc. (cf. WRENCH).
2 the cross-brace of a bridge etc.
Idiom
a spanner in the works Brit. colloq. a drawback or impediment.
Etymology
G spannen draw tight: see SPAN(2)
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