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Synonyms for spanner
ˈspæn ərspan·ner

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. spannernoun

    A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts.

    Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more nut to screw in.

    Synonyms:
    wrench

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. wrench, spannernoun

    a hand tool that is used to hold or twist a nut or bolt

    Synonyms:
    pull, twist, wrench

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PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "spanner":

    wrench, dongle

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#7835twist
#17309wrench
#26153dongle
#36876spanner

How to use spanner in a sentence?

  1. Charlize Theron:

    I'm saying a proposal, she's showing up at proposal and she's throwing a whole spanner in the wheel.

  2. Finance Minister Michel Sapin:

    This is not the moment to throw a spanner into the works, with growth picking up.

  3. Michel Sapin:

    Unemployment is falling. This is not the moment to throw a spanner into the works with growth picking up.


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