Spar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /spɑː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spar is a noun meaning A rafter of a roof.
Meaning
A rafter of a roof.
More Meanings
- A thick pole or piece of wood.
- (nautical) Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
- (aeronautics) A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
- (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
- To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
- (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
- (obsolete or dialectal) To bolt, bar.
Example Sentences
KLASHNEKOFF: I take two glass then pass the spliff to my spars.
I don't care if you got friends in your car. Light up your whip and all of your spars.
The church dores were sparred, Fast boltyd and barryd, Yet wyth a prety gyn I fortuned to come in, […]
The Prince staid not his aunswere to devize, / But, opening streight the Sparre, forth to him came […].
Word Forms
- spars
- sparring
- sparred
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include economical, thrifty, frugal, stinting, scotch, box.
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