spar

/spɑː/ · noun

Meaning

A rafter of a roof.
A thick pole or piece of wood.
A bar of wood used to fasten a door.
Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff.
A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil.
To bolt, bar.
To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars.
A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting.
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.
Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft.
Any crystal with readily discernible faces.

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