Spanner Definition

spănər
spanners
noun
spanners
A wrench having a hook, hole, or pin at the end for meshing with a related device on another object.
American Heritage
A person or thing that spans.
Webster's New World
A wrench.
American Heritage
Webster's New World

(Australia, New Zealand, UK) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more nut to screw in.
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Other Word Forms of Spanner

Noun

Singular:
spanner
Plural:
spanners

Origin of Spanner

  • German winding tool from spannen to stretch from Middle High German from Old High German spannan (s)pen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • span +"Ž -er

    From Wiktionary

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