| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | span·ner |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  sp n  r |
| NOUN: | 1. A wrench having a hook, hole, or pin at the end for meshing with a related device on another object. 2. Chiefly British A wrench. | | ETYMOLOGY: | German, winding tool, from spannen, to stretch, from Middle High German, from Old High German spannan. See (s)pen- in Appendix I.
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