spanner

«spanner» in Mova's school dictionary: a metal tool for turning nuts and bolts to make them… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a spanner, spanners)

meaning for a pupil

A spanner is a metal tool for turning nuts and bolts to make them tight or loose. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and design and technology lessons: tools for fixing bikes, cars and furniture. Idiom (UK): "throw a spanner in the works" means spoil a plan.

examples

• Dad used a spanner to fix my bike. tree →
• Pass me the spanner, please. tree →
• Turn the spanner to tighten the nut. tree →
• The plumber has a big spanner. tree →
• The rain threw a spanner in the works of our picnic. tree →
• Use the right size spanner for the nut. tree →

note

Countable. UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland "spanner" = USA and Canada "wrench". Not the same as a screwdriver.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «spanner» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.