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What is "adjustable spanner"

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adjustable spanner

n. (context British English) An adjustable hand tool for tightening and loosening nuts and bolts.

WordNet
adjustable spanner

n. can be changed to different settings [syn: adjustable wrench]

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Adjustable spanner

An adjustable wrench (US) or adjustable spanner (UK) is a wrench with a "jaw" of adjustable width, allowing it to be used with different sizes of fastener head ( nut, bolt, etc.) rather than just one fastener, as with a conventional fixed spanner.

Usage examples of "adjustable spanner".

He was slightly out of breath and holding a two-footlong adjustable spanner.

Now, confronted with the evidence of diesel mortality, he retrieved his tool box, extracted an adjustable spanner, and began to remove the engine casing.

He took an adjustable spanner out of his pocket and undid the nut that secured the feedpipe from the oil tanks to the stove.

On the Saturday following my traumatic weekend, I purchased an adjustable spanner, a pair of pliers and a craft knife in a self-service store devoted to motoring accessories.

I got out my adjustable spanner and gingerly tweaked the fiddly little enhancement vernier.