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/ˈspæn.ə/ · noun
(Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts..
Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.
Tools don’t have judgment or ethics, and they might fail to push back on bad ideas or dangerous requests. “Your spanner’s never like, ‘This shouldn’t be built,’” she said, using a British term for wrench.
The scheme of the spanner of continents and the desire of the little husbandman hoarding for his loved ones...
The spanner for spanning or winding up the spring of the wheel lock.
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 some time, not a bunch of thyme!
Use spanner when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spanner means (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) A hand tool for adjusting nuts and bolts..
Common synonyms include wrench.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Pass me that spanner, Jake; there's just one more bolt to screw in.
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