spar
1Nautical. a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
Aeronautics. a principal lateral member of the framework of a wing of an airplane.
to provide or make with spars.
Origin of spar
1Other words from spar
- sparlike, adjective
Other definitions for spar (2 of 5)
(of boxers) to make the motions of attack and defense with the arms and fists, especially as a part of training.
to box, especially with light blows.
to strike or attack with the feet or spurs, as gamecocks do.
to bandy words; dispute.
a motion of sparring.
a boxing match.
a dispute.
Origin of spar
2Other definitions for spar (3 of 5)
any of various more or less lustrous crystalline minerals, as fluorspar or feldspar.
Origin of spar
3Other words from spar
- sparlike, adjective
Other definitions for SPAR (4 of 5)
or Spar
(during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
Origin of SPAR
4Other definitions for SpAr (5 of 5)
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How to use spar in a sentence
Despite a few spars with each other over the economy and religion, the GOP field united to go after the president.
Gaddafi once again spars with fellow Arab leaders at an Arab League meeting in Doha, Qatar, in March 2009.
The locals first glimpse of Madonna will probably be through a cloud of cement dust as she spars with her contractors.
Above the buildings of the opposite side of the street rose the spars of several fishing-boats; the creek finished at Rosewater.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonI also put entirely new spars into her, and there stands her old mast.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing Miller
A sullen calm fell, and the smack rolled with clashing blocks and groaning spars, making night hideous.
The Chequers | James RuncimanThe sayling firr; this 'alludes to the ship's masts and spars being made of fir.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerEvery shot cut a piece out of the mast, and after a while it came tumbling upon the deck, with all its spars and rigging.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | Various
British Dictionary definitions for spar (1 of 3)
/ (spɑː) /
any piece of nautical gear resembling a pole and used as a mast, boom, gaff, etc
(as modifier): a spar buoy
a principal supporting structural member of an aerofoil that runs from tip to tip or root to tip
Origin of spar
1British Dictionary definitions for spar (2 of 3)
/ (spɑː) /
boxing martial arts to fight using light blows, as in training
to dispute or argue
(of gamecocks) to fight with the feet or spurs
an unaggressive fight
an argument or wrangle
informal a close friend
Origin of spar
2British Dictionary definitions for spar (3 of 3)
/ (spɑː) /
any of various minerals, such as feldspar or calcite, that are light-coloured, microcrystalline, transparent to translucent, and easily cleavable: Related adjective: spathic
Origin of spar
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