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Spad
Meaning
Noun
●
In UK politics:
A government
adviser
, often in a political or media role.
●
In Mining:
A
nail
one or two
inches
long, of
iron
,
brass
,
tin
, or
tinner
iron
, with a
hole
through the
flattened
head
, used to
mark
stations
in
underground
surveying.
●
Clipping of spadona/spadone.
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In British English & Rail transportation:
An
instance
of a
signal
passed
at danger.
●
In UK politics:
Alternative form of
spad
(“special
advisor
in government”)
●
A
relative
measurement
of the amount of
chlorophyll
present in a
leaf
, based on
measurements
with a SPAD
meter
produced
by Minolta.
●
In Military:
Initialism of
self-propelled
air
defense
; a
self-propelled
anti-aircraft
vehicle.
●
In UK politics:
Alternative letter-case form of
spad
(“special adviser”)
Phrase
●
In British English & Rail transportation:
Initialism of
signal
passed
at danger.
Verb
●
In British English & Rail transportation:
To
pass
a
signal
at danger.
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Rhymes
Ad
Rad
Dad
Fad
Cad
Gad
Gad
Sad
Pad
Add
Bad
Had
Lad
Mad
Tad
Brad
Madd
Egad
Bade
Chad
Chad
Spad
Scad
Shad
Thad
Grad
Glad
Brad
Clad
Plaid
Strad
Forbade
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