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Meaning
Noun
●
A
rafter
of a roof.
●
A
thick
pole
or
piece
of wood.
●
A
bar
of
wood
used to
fasten
a door.
●
In Nautical:
Any
linear
object
used as a
mast
,
sprit
,
yard
,
boom
,
pole
or gaff.
●
In 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.
●
In Multicultural London English:
A
friend
, a
mate
, a pal.
●
In Mineralogy:
Any of various
microcrystalline
minerals
, of
light
,
translucent
, or
transparent
appearance
, which are
easily
cleft.
●
In Mineralogy:
Any
crystal
with
readily
discernible
faces.
Verb
●
To
bolt
, bar.
●
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.
Phrase
●
In British English & Rail transportation:
Initialism of
signal
passed
at red.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
spar
English
spar
Middle Low German
sparre
Middle English (1100-1500)
sparri
Old Norse
sparren
Middle English (1100-1500)
sparrian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
sperran
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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Wheel
Casing
Wing
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Truss
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Supermarket
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Rhymes
R
Far
Bar
Yar
Are
Car
Par
Ttr
Tar
Mar
Gar
Dar
Jar
Npr
Har
Arr
Spar
Star
Char
Tsar
Scar
Knar
Karr
Gnar
Star
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Noir
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Dunbar
Disbar
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Keytar
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