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
- It's easier not to spar in krav.
- Balance was crucial in the sparring.
- A gaff in the sail is supported at the top by a spar.
- The ailerons are hinged directly behind the aft spar.
- Finally, place the last spar next to the middle spar.
- State of the Union: Carville, Matalin spar over CIA probe
- The spars and ribs were made of spruce strips and plywood.
- The keel comprises a spar and a ballast weight attached to the spar.
- The sheet is attached to the lower spar, and the halyard to the upper spar.
- I used three coats of diluted satin spar varnish - looks great. bournemouth
- The wing is of single spar construction, the spar passing through the fuselage.
- Kumite is the practice of free sparring, that is, sparring in a non set pattern.
- 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.
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- 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.