- spanner wrench
- n.a tool for installing, removing or adjusting a threaded part. The tool is designed to engage one or more holes or depressions which are peripheral or not on-center to the part axis.
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Wrench — For other uses, see Wrench (disambiguation). A set of chrome vanadium metric wrenches, open at one end, box/ring at the other. This type is commonly known as a combination wrench. A wrench or spanner is a tool used to provide grip and mechanical… … Wikipedia
spanner — /span euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that spans. 2. Also called spanner wrench. 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. Cf. pin wrench. 3. Chiefly Brit. a… … Universalium
spanner — span·ner || spænÉ™(r) n. spanner wrench, hand tool with a curved head used to hold or twist a nut or bolt (British) … English contemporary dictionary
Spanner — may refer to one of the following. *Spanner, a synonym of wrench *The SpannerTM by AbbeyMoor Medical, Inc. FDA approved prostatic stent for treatment of urethral blockages. *Spanner, a type of screw drive head * Spanner (journal) , a British… … Wikipedia
spanner — span ner (sp[a^]n n[ e]r), n. 1. One who, or that which, spans. [1913 Webster] 2. The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 3. An iron instrument having a jaw to fit a nut or the head of a bolt, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wrench (disambiguation) — Wrench may refer to:*Wrench (US) or Spanner(UK), a hand tool *Wrench (comics), a fictional character in the Marvel Universe *Wrench Records, a record label … Wikipedia
wrench in the works — (USA) If someone puts or throws a wrench, or monkey wrench, in the works, they ruin a plan. In British English, spanner is used instead of wrench … The small dictionary of idiomes
spanner — (n.) 1630s, a tool for winding the spring of a wheel lock firearm, from Ger. Spanner, from spannen (see SPAN (Cf. span) (v.)). Meaning wrench is from 1790. Figurative phrase spanner in the works attested from 1921 (Wodehouse) … Etymology dictionary
spanner in the works — (UK) If someone puts or throws a spanner in the works, they ruin a plan. In American English, wrench is used instead of spanner … The small dictionary of idiomes
spanner — [span′ər] n. [Ger < spannen, to stretch: see SPAN1] 1. a person or thing that spans 2. Chiefly Brit. WRENCH (sense 4) … English World dictionary
