Meaning & use
spanner
A hand tool with a shaped opening used to grip and turn nuts or bolts (called a wrench in American English).
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He grabbed a spanner from the toolbox to tighten the loose bolt on the bike.
The mechanic kept a full set of spanners neatly arranged on the wall.
A note on using this word
Spanner is standard British English, while Americans almost always say wrench for the same tool.
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