spar
Pronunciation: (spär), [key]
— n., v., sparred, spar•ring.
—n.
- a stout pole such as those used for masts, etc.; a mast, yard, boom, gaff, or the like.
- a principal lateral member of the framework of a wing of an airplane.
—v.t.
- to provide or make with spars.
spar
Pronunciation: (spär), [key]
— v., n. sparred, spar•ring,
—v.i.
- (of boxers) to make the motions of attack and defense with the arms and fists, esp. as a part of training.
- to box, esp. with light blows.
- to strike or attack with the feet or spurs, as gamecocks do.
- to bandy words; dispute.
—n.
- a motion of sparring.
- a boxing match.
- a dispute.
spar
Pronunciation: (spär), [key]
— n.
- any of various more or less lustrous crystalline minerals: fluorspar.
SPAR
Pronunciation: (spär), [key]
— n.
- (during World War II) a woman enlisted in the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard (disbanded in 1946).
SpAr
- Spanish Arabic.
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