"adjustable spanner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: adjustable spanners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} adjustable spanner (plural adjustable spanners)
  1. (British) An adjustable hand tool for tightening and loosening nuts and bolts. Tags: British Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms: adjustable [UK], adjustable wrench [US], Crescent wrench [US], crescent wrench, crescent spanner [New-Zealand], shifting spanner [Australia], shifter Translations (adjustable hand tool): giltza zabalgarri (Basque), giltza ingelesa (Basque), clau anglesa [feminine] (Catalan), 活動扳手 (Chinese Mandarin), 活动扳手 (Chinese Mandarin), svensknøgle [common-gender] (Danish), skruenøgle [common-gender] (Danish), skiftenøgle [common-gender] (Danish), Engelse sleutel [masculine] (Dutch), clé à molette [feminine] (French), clé anglaise [feminine] (French), clé à crémaillère [feminine] (French), chave inglesa [feminine] (Galician), Rollgabelschlüssel [masculine] (German), Engländer [masculine] (German), γαλλικό κλειδί (gallikó kleidí) [neuter] (Greek), מפתח שוודי (maftéaḥ shvédi) [masculine] (Hebrew), chiave regolabile [feminine] (Italian), chiave a rullino [feminine] (Italian), skiftenøkkel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Schruwschlätel [masculine] (Plautdietsch), klucz nastawny [masculine] (Polish), klucz szwedzki [masculine] (Polish), klucz angielski [masculine] (Polish), klucz francuski [masculine] (Polish), chave inglesa [feminine] (Portuguese), cheie reglabilă [feminine] (Romanian), cheie engleză [feminine] (Romanian), разводной гаечный ключ (razvodnoj gaječnyj ključ) [masculine] (Russian), llave inglesa [feminine] (Spanish), llave francesa [feminine] (Spanish), llave ajustable [feminine] (Spanish), skiftnyckel [common-gender] (Swedish), İngiliz anahtarı (Turkish), kurbağacık (Turkish), mỏ lết (Vietnamese)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "adjustable wrench"
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          "word": "Crescent wrench"
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            "feminine"
          ],
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            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
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            "masculine"
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          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
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          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
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            "feminine"
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          "roman": "razvodnoj gaječnyj ključ",
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          "word": "разводной гаечный ключ"
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          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
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          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
          "word": "İngiliz anahtarı"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
          "word": "kurbağacık"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skiftnyckel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
      "word": "İngiliz anahtarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
      "word": "kurbağacık"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "adjustable hand tool",
      "word": "mỏ lết"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adjustable spanner"
}

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