spar

IPA: spˈɑr

noun

  • A rafter of a roof.
  • A thick pole or piece of wood.
  • (obsolete) A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
  • (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.
  • A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
  • (MLE) A friend, a mate, a pal.
  • (mineralogy) Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
  • (mineralogy) Any crystal with readily discernible faces.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (obsolete or dialectal) To bolt, bar.
  • (transitive) To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
  • To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat.
  • To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do.
  • To contest in words; to wrangle.
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Examples of "spar" in Sentences

  • State of the Union: Carville, Matalin spar over CIA probe
  • I used three coats of diluted satin spar varnish - looks great. bournemouth
  • A single large beam, called the main spar, runs through the wing, typically nearer the leading edge at about 25 percent of the total chord.
  • CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - State of the Union: Carville, Matalin spar over CIA probe « - Blogs from CNN. com
  • The term spar is a generic term used by geologists to refer to any non-metallic mineral with a glassy (vitreous) luster that breaks on distinct flat surfaces (planes).
  • To resist fore and aft movement, the wing will usually be fitted with a second smaller drag-spar nearer the trailing edge, tied to the main spar with structural elements or a stressed skin.

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