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Spanner
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Spanner
see synonyms of spannernoun
1.
a steel hand tool with a handle carrying jaws or a hole of particular shape designed to grip a nut or bolt head
2. British informal
a source of impediment or annoyance (esp in the phrase throw a spanner in the works)
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Spanner
see synonyms of spanner noun
1.
a person or thing that spans
2. Chiefly British
wrench (sense 4)
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Spanner
see synonyms of spannern.
1. A wrench having a hook, hole, or pin at the end for meshing with a related device on another object.
2. Chiefly British A wrench.
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