sprag

sprag is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A young salmon. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A young salmon.
2. noun. A billet of wood; a piece of timber used as a prop.
3. transitive verb. To check the motion of, as a carriage on a steep grade, by putting a sprag between the spokes of the wheel.
4. transitive verb. To prop or sustain with a sprag.
5. adjective. See Sprack, a.
6. noun. a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine

   Synonyms: pitprop

7. noun. a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline

Synonyms

pitprop

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sprag:

grasp

Common word forms

sprags, spragged, spragger, spragging

Words from these letters

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