Dictionary Entry
spanner
spanner is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, spans. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
One who, or that which, spans.
- 2noun
The lock of a fusee or carbine; also, the fusee or carbine itself.
- 3noun
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.
- 4noun
A contrivance in some of the ealier steam engines for moving the valves for the alternate admission and shutting off of the steam.
- 5noun
a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
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