spar

spar is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous; as, calc spar, or calcite, fluor spar, etc. It was especially used in the case of the gangue minerals of a metalliferous vein.
2. transitive verb. A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff.
3. transitive verb. Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense; -- still applied locally to rafters.
4. transitive verb. The bar of a gate or door.
5. transitive verb. To bolt; to bar.
6. transitive verb. To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel.
7. intransitive verb. To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
8. intransitive verb. To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense; to contend or combat with the fists, as for exercise or amusement; to box.
9. intransitive verb. To contest in words; to wrangle.
10. noun. A contest at sparring or boxing.
11. noun. A movement of offense or defense in boxing.
12. noun. making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

    Synonyms: sparring

13. noun. a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging
14. noun. any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable
15. verb. fight verbally

    "They were sparring all night"

16. verb. box lightly
17. verb. fight with spurs

    "the gamecocks were sparring"

18. verb. furnish with spars

Synonyms

sparring

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in spar:

pars, raps, rasp

Common word forms

spars, spared, sparer, spares, sparest, sparing, sparred, sparrer, sparable, sparring

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