noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
adjustable
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You will need adjustable spanners , open-ended spanners and gripping wrenches.
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Poor old Richard, torpedoed three times, and then finished 011, near as a toucher, with an adjustable spanner .
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Bosun's Sail ties, pliers, adjustable spanner , screwdriver, shock cords.
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Full instructions are included, and all you need to add are an adjustable spanner , cross-point screwdriver and penknife.
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For this reason, the easiest way to undo and do up nuts is with adjustable spanners .
■ VERB
use
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We felt this was an improvement over the rival system of inserting a tommy bar through the collet and using one spanner .
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In the kitchen, drain at the draincock Use a bath/basin spanner to undo the nut on the tap connector.
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Don't use jointing compound unless recommended Tighten the compression joints using a spanner at either end.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He could never see an engine without laying a spanner on it.
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He didn't fancy the idea of being treated with a spanner if falling ill.
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I reached into the door pocket and pulled out the heavy wheel nut spanner .
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Often this gives just enough friction for the spanners to grip.
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The spanner in these works is the fact that government is not a profit-making enterprise.
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To his surprise, he found the hexagonal spanner on the ledge in the garage where it was meant to be.
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Try smearing the spanner jaws with light oil, then dipping them in fine sand.
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We felt this was an improvement over the rival system of inserting a tommy bar through the collet and using one spanner .