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1. (n.) spanner
a person or thing that spans.
2. spanner
a wrench having a curved head with a hook or pin at one end for engaging notches or holes in collars, certain kinds of nuts, etc.
3. spanner
Chiefly Brit. a wrench, esp. one with fixed jaws.
Etymology: (1250–1300; ME spannewe < ON spānn&ymacr;r fresh =spānn chip shavings +n&ymacr;r new)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wrench, spanner
a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
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1. (noun) spanner
wrench
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) spanner
one who, or that which, spans
2. (noun) spanner
the lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself
3. (noun) spanner
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
4. (noun) spanner
a contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam
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Sense: a type of tool used for tightening or loosening nuts, bolts etc.
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 Afrikaans: moersleutel |
 Arabic: مِفْتاح صَمولَه |
 Bulgarian: гаечен ключ |
 Brazilian: chave inglesa |
 Czech: klíč (na matice) |
 German: der Schraubenschlüßel |
 Danish: skruenøgle |
 Greek: γαλλικό κλειδί |
 Spanish: llave inglesa |
 Estonian: mutrivõti |
 Farsi: آچار |
 Finnish: mutteriavain |
 French: clef (à écrous) |
 Hebrew: מַפתֵחַ בְּרָגִים |
 Hindi: स्पैनर, पाना |
 Croatian: ključ, zavijač za vijke |
 Hungarian: villáskulcs |
 Indonesian: kunci |
 Icelandic: skrúflykill |
 Italian: chiave inglese |
 Japanese: スパナ |
 Korean: 스패너 |
 Lithuanian: veržliaraktis |
 Latvian: uzgriežņu atslēga |
 Malay: sepana` |
 Dutch: moersleutel |
 Norwegian: skrunøkkel |
 Polish: klucz |
 Persian: آچار |
 Pashto: آچار |
 Portuguese: chave inglesa |
 Russian: гаечный ключ |
 Slovak: kľúč (na matice) |
 Slovenian: ključ |
 Serbian: zavrtanj |
 Swedish: skruv-, skiftnyckel |
 Thai: กุญแจเลื่อน |
 Turkish: somun anahtarı |
 Taiwanese: 扳手 |
 Ukrainian: гайковий ключ |
 Urdu: ڈھبری کسنے یا پکڑ کر رکھن |
 Vietnamese: cờ lê |
 Chinese: 扳手 |
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