spanner
(noun)
noun
1. a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt
Similar word(s): wrench
Definition categories: man–made
Sentences with spanner as a noun:
- Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more nut to screw in.
- Halfway through the production of Macbeth, the director found that the stage was smaller than he expected. This really threw a spanner in the works.
- You spanner, Rodney! I wanted a Chinese, not an Indian!